WASHINGTON, United States — If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from ...

More trial-and-error helped the team uncover the organic salt choline chloride, a government-approved food additive. The ...

Plastic is cheap to make and shockingly profitable. It’s everywhere. And we’re all paying the price. On a Saturday last summer, I kayaked up a Connecticut river from the coast, buoyed by the rising ...

Researchers have developed a way to make a promising, sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics more biodegradable. A team has made a bio-based polymer blend that's compostable in both home ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

Last week’s report on California’s abysmal plastics recycling rates made it clear that the state, and individual citizens, ...