Suddenly, everything has shifted ahead of the fifth — and nominally final — round of UN-led negotiations for a global plastics treaty at the end of the month.

Tomonori Saito is a distinguished research and development staff member at ORNL and a joint faculty associate professor ...

A Society of Plastics Engineers conference looked at the pace of change in finding alternatives to PFAS "forever chemicals" ...

The chances for a stronger international agreement on limits to plastic production may have increased dramatically as the world nears a U.N. deadline for achieving a plastics treaty. The game changer: ...

No matter who wins the U.S. presidential election, you can expect one thing: plastics and sustainability will remain in the ...

The announcement represents the fulfillment of a promise Amazon made in June to work “ toward full removal ” of plastic air pillows from North America by the end of the year. At that time, the company ...

Ten US states on Friday called for the United States federal government to advocate for stronger measures in an upcoming ...

This is the last critical moment to prevent irreversible economic, health, and environmental damage from plastic pollution.

Ten states on Friday called on the U.S. government to go beyond backing production caps in a global plastic treaty, and ...

Earlier this month, during his final push to help Donald Trump return to the White House, Elon Musk incorporated a mysterious ...

General-purpose credit cards were first developed in the United States The plastic BankAmericard (now Visa) and American Express card became available to consumers in the late 1950s. Master Charge ...

A UC Davis study reveals U.S. material production incurs $79 billion in yearly climate damages; pricing these costs could spur eco-friendly manufacturing. A new study from engineers and economists at ...