A Canadian court yesterday threw out a government regulation classifying some plastic products as “toxic." The ruling could hurt a push by Ottawa for a countrywide ban on single-use plastic items such ...

Plastic was designed to last, and it has delivered on that promise a little too well. After decades of treating packaging, ...

Biodegradable plastics can break down naturally through the action of living organisms such as bacteria. They are made from renewable sources such as corn starch or sugar cane and don’t linger in the ...

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...

A new study looking at the impacts of plastic ingestion by seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals found that relatively small amounts of consumed plastic can be deadly. The research analyzed the ...