Nankai University researchers have found that plant leaves can directly absorb microplastics (MPs) from the atmosphere, leading to a widespread presence of plastic polymers in vegetation.

Yet the oil industry plans to increase plastic production 40 percent over the next decade. Fueled by an oversupply of fracked gas, plastics plants are popping up across the nation to turn fossil fuels ...

These plastics are derived from starches such as maize, wheat, potato and cassava. One example is thermoplastic starch (TPS), ...

New research from the Environmental Integrity Project looked into 70 plants that make raw plastics called "nurdles," or tiny ...

Officials said Trichy corporation has finalised a deal with a private cement plant on the outskirts of Trichy city to send about 300 tonne of single-use plastic waste as RDF, which will be used as ...

BC's Global Observatory on Pollution and Health and an international team of researchers will survey health risks posed across the continuum of plastic production, use, and disposal The Global ...

Under the partnership, IFC will provide a loan of $37 million to help Mohinani Group subsidiaries Polytank Ghana Limited and Sonnex Packaging Nigeria Limited to establish PET recycling plants in ...

The triticale plants from this field alone are enough to make 24,000 drinking straws. The straw products are packed in sets of three in bags made of biodegradable plastic, which easily decompose.