One reason plastic waste persists in the environment is because there’s not much that can eat it. The chemical structure of most polymers is stable and different enough from existing food sources that ...

Plastic feels like a modern industrial material, but this story shows how it can begin with something as ordinary as milk, potatoes, and sugar. What starts as an experiment in making bioplastics ...

Surprising experiment explores how milk can transform into a solid, plastic-like material through a chemical reaction that ...

Getting microbes to eat plastic is a frequently touted solution to our growing waste problem, but making the approach practical is tricky. A new technique that impregnates plastic with the spores of ...

There’s a soap dish for sale at a beauty products shop in São Paulo, Brazil. An off-white disc with a smooth, rounded shape like a river stone, it is just one of millions of plastic soap dishes on ...

TOPSHOT - This photo taken on September 17, 2015 shows a Chinese labourer sorting out plastic bottles for recycling in Dong Xiao Kou village, on the outskirt of Beijing. China is the world's biggest ...