Bottles and bags, food wrappers and straws. Piping, packaging, toys and trays. Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people ...

Over the next several years, authorities trained farmers, promoted composting, and banned synthetic ... use plastic pollution while also supporting local artisans and creating rural employment. It’s a ...

The result, after some tinkering, was celluloid—the world’s first major synthetic plastic. Though he never claimed the prize, John Hyatt, the inventor, was indeed richly rewarded. Ever since ...

There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.” — Lily Tomlin ...

Plastic pollution has been a long-standing environmental challenge. Before the invention of synthetic plastics, natural polymers such as rubber and cellulose were widely used. The landscape changed in ...

A CREEPY new video reveals the full horror of the world's first "synthetic human" twitching into life. The bot - dubbed Protoclone - is built with artificial muscle, bone and sinew to recreate the ...