Plastic has become a vital part of our lives of convenience. Yet the coffee cup lids, water bottles and ... Matthew Brown told me he eats sushi much less than he used to. "Plastics also attract ...

Examples are things like straws, coffee stirrers, plastic bags, fizzy drink and water bottles and most food packaging. When it comes to recycling paper cups the big coffee chains have made a lot ...

When friends, neighbors and family members share stories with me that they've seen about microplastics ... "I was surprised to see the 'black plastic' story was the lead item in my email from ...

A mom was about to make her infant daughter drink from a cup gifted to her when ... gave a second thought about plastic toys and other things but it did make me think about where the things ...

Where do you think that moisture comes from? Try this experiment to see if you can figure it out! Put ice cubes into two clear plastic cups until they are about ½-full. Pour cold water into both cups ...

But, as Andrew Turner, a biochemist at the University of Plymouth recently told me, black plastic is ... if only to avoid the black plastic lids on disposable cups—heat plus plastic equals ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

It's gradually becoming common knowledge that it's not as easy to recycle your takeaway coffee cup as people may have thought. It's the mixture of paper and plastic in their inner lining ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

There always seem to be claims going around about harmful chemicals in the plastic packaging used for some food and drink. For instance, there is an infamous email circulating saying that leaving ...

Their brief? To create new forms of food packaging to replace the unsustainable designs upon which modern life seems to depend: single-use plastic beverage cups, lids, straws, and bottles.

Despite global concerns over the accumulation of plastic waste, the drive to produce new plastics shows no signs of slowing down. According to OECD data, the world’s annual plastic production ...