That black plastic spatula in your kitchen drawer? It may be time to toss it. Recently, there’s been lots of buzz about the dangers of cooking with black plastic utensils — think spoons ...

A new study detected dangerous chemicals in a variety of household items. But experts say the health risks aren’t clear-cut. Credit...Tonje Thilesen for The New York Times Supported by By Emily ...

Ford County, Kansas, is suing Exxon, Chevron, Dupont and a handful of other oil, gas and chemical companies alleging them of misrepresenting the recyclability of plastics causing increased costs ...

Days after the U.N. global plastics treaty negotiations failed to produce an agreement, one of the world’s top contributors to plastic pollution has abandoned its plastic reduction and reuse goals.

In 2023, 1.2% of Coca-Cola’s plastic packaging was reusable. In a short environmental update document released in August, Coca-Cola calculated the recyclability rate across its portfolio at 90%.

a novel manufacturing process that increases the recyclability of single-use plastic containers. The potential climate impact of Origin’s biomaterials technology is astounding. Rearranging ...

It's not your imagination: Beverage containers for milk, soda and water have gotten harder to open in recent years because their plastic screw top caps have been shortened to save plastic.

BIR president Susie Burrage noted the talks had also stalled over the scope of the treaty, the definition of plastic pollution and whether it needed to be voluntary or legally binding. “We strongly ...

Above: WWF's Erin Simon speaks at the global plastic pollution summit in Busan, Korea, in November. The final week of November could have been the turning point in the global fight against plastic ...

So of course scientists have already started testing insect willingness and ability to eat, of all things, plastic. A new experiment sprinkles a dose of reality on just how effective this strategy ...

On December 2, after UN plastic treaty negotiations concluded without consensus, the Coca-Cola Company, a leading member of the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty, released a statement ...