Tag: Plastics

Listen to scientists, not industry lobbyists, and just keep cleaning.

What is vinyl? Let's explore how this ubiquitous and versatile plastic is made, what its uses are, and all of its safety concerns.

Glue is a type of adhesive made from a variety of substances, with the humble aim of binding two items together.

Fed up with the disposable culture we all live in, two women from Portland, Oregon, founded a low-waste company to help the entire city cut back on plastic.

Learning which plastics are most harmful to health is one thing you can do.

They are basically solid fossil fuels, putting out as much as 6 kg of CO2 for every kg of plastic.

I tasked myself with buying no plastic bottles for the year; here's how it's going so far.

It's killing everything, including renewable energy.

Judith Thornton questions the conventional wisdom about plastic packaging. She has a controversial point.

Some areas have more resources than others, so do your best to work with what you have.

And you have never used a styrofoam plate or take-out box.

A scientific assessment has confirmed enormous amounts of waste and definite harm to wildlife.

A few tweaks by stores could make the process more efficient.

This is the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" defense.

The French government has set a goal of eliminating all single-use plastics by 2040. Phase one has begun.

A new study has found the worms excrete plastic and its toxic additives with no residue in their bodies.

Over the next five years, it plans to eliminate shopping bags, straws, takeout food containers, and more.

A visit to the French capital offers great lessons in how to make less waste.