FALMOUTH - Plastic straws are easy, convenient, and part of our takeaway culture. There have been paper substitutes out there, but they turn to mush and don't do the job. Researchers in Massachusetts ...

Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a plastic that can be infinitely recycled. Can you design a new type of plastic that ...

Student Lucy Hughes made the biodegradable plastic using fish waste and red algae in a bid to end single-use plastic waste. Claire Reilly was a video host, journalist and producer covering all things ...

Scientists have developed a new, PET-like plastic that is easily made from the non-edible parts of plants. The plastic is tough, heat-resistant, and a good barrier to gases like oxygen, making it a ...

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Scientists have demonstrated a creative solution to plastic pollution, one of our most pressing environmental problems. Plastic was embedded with spores of plastic-eating bacteria that are activated ...

Advanced technologies can recycle used plastic that traditional recycling can't process. Thanks to advanced recycling, consumer food and pharmaceutical brands can now use packaging made with recycled ...