Look around your kitchen, and plastic is hiding everywhere. It is in your snack bags, food wraps, utensils, and even clinging to your leftovers. Those tiny plastic fragments? They are called ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Shutterstock / Real_Life_photo Credit: Shutterstock / Real_Life_photo Most people are aware of the harm single-use plastic ...

A worker sorts through empty bottles at a plastic recycling factory in Lahore, Pakistan, on Aug 7. Image: AP/K.M. Chaudary GENEVA Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in ...

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that are small and durable. These particles can accumulate in water, soil, air and living organisms, raising both environmental and health concerns.

Japan needs to solve its wrapping compulsion. Why does something that's already perfectly wrapped have to be put in a plastic bag and then placed in a "regi bukuro"? Daiso has a tape loop playing in ...

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...

Microplastics are pervasive in our kitchens, contaminating food, water, and even cookware. These tiny particles enter our meals through various sources, including soil, packaging, and processing.

Mushrooms are often thought of as fruit bodies with umbrellas and patterns, such as shiitake mushrooms sold at supermarkets, but Ecovative Design is focusing on the mycelium corresponding to the roots ...

From January 1, 2028, markets and convenience stores in Hanoi will no longer use hard-to-degrade plastic items On July 10, at the 25th session, the Hanoi People’s Council passed a resolution ...