Mushrooms "aren't just a flavour-packed addition to ravioli or ragu" or a "sparkplug to the occasional psychedelic adventure" ...

Picture the scene: it's 1998 and you have a friend over after school, let's call her Melissa. You're talking about boys while ...

In the late 90s, interiors all went a little space-age, and bulky, bright inflatable furniture was a staple of every cool, ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business ...

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient.

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...

In normal conditions, the spores remain dormant, ensuring the plastic's stable performance. However, when exposed to specific triggers like surface erosion or composting, the spores activate and ...

Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in ...

They had participants switch from drinking from glass and plastic bottles to drinking from the tap only. Their reasoning was simple: Plastic bottles shed microplastic, tiny pieces of plastic that ...

SINGAPORE – A unique research vessel that embarked on a three-year expedition around the world in October 2022, with the ambition to stop plastic pollution in the oceans, has arrived in Singapore.

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell ...

A growing body of scientific evidence shows that microplastics are accumulating in critical human organs, including the brain, alarming findings that highlight a need for more urgent actions to rein ...