Readers respond to a guest essay about throwaway plastic. Also: President Trump the divider; stealth legislation.

Plastics are everywhere—in the packaging around your food, the insulation in your home, and even the parts of your phone.

"Drinking water from plastic bottles is fine in an emergency, but it is not something that should be used in daily life. People need to understand that the issue is not acute toxicity — it is chronic ...

Microplastics seem to be everywhere – in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. They have turned up in ...

A new catalyst may enable mixed plastic recycling The future of plastic recycling could soon become far simpler and more efficient. Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new plastic ...

Plastic pollution is a severe problem around the globe as it continues to harm our environment and daily lives. But what are our city and state doing to help fix this global issue? Globally, the world ...

Plastic is literally everywhere: It shows up in the ocean, in our communities, even in the human body. And because plastics can break down into microplastics — and even nanoplastics — it easily ...

A team of chemists may have found a way to solve the plastic recycling problem - and it starts with a little help from nickel.

For years, recycling has been built on promises. Promises that systems would scale, that quality would hold, that recycled materials could replace virgin ones without compromise. The truth has been ...

In the Bay Area, on the island of Alameda, six months ago, a small store opened up on Webster Street and already has quite a ...

You brush twice daily, floss religiously and see your dentist every six months. But what if these acts of oral hygiene are ...

Once upon a time, before marijuana became legal (or partly legal) in most of the U.S., the only plastic involved with a pot transaction might have been a small baggie and a disposable lighter. (Or, ...