Cutting plexiglass with a utility knife works best for making straight cuts in thin sheets of plexiglass (1/8 inch or less). But while a utility knife is convenient (you probably have one in your ...

The Home Depot reports the complete elimination of EPS and PVC from its new private-brand packaging and plans to achieve 100% ...

Currently, risk assessments associated with plastic pollution mostly involve effects arising from the physical and chemical aspects of plastics — their size, shape, polymer type and additives.

Tougher build and technology updates for faster and easier working are among the features of the latest round balers and ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

In the second episode of ABC’s ‘Shark Tank’ season 16, Tyler Simmons and Jen Simmons pitched a breezy backyard version of golf with BucketGolf. They provided pop-up buckets, flags, larger plastic ...

While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

Nanqing Zhou, a lead author on the study and postdoctoral researcher, compared the bacteria’s consumption of plastic to how people eat cows. “If you want to eat beef, you need to cut [it] into ...

A new study finds a bacterium in this family can break down the plastic for food. Researchers also identified the enzyme the bacterium use to degrade plastic. The discovery opens new possibilities ...

Plastic surgery now gives better results than ... Your doctor can make small changes in the size and position of the breast when the nipple and areola are rebuilt. Surgeons can make a nipple ...

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching ...

Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are polypropylene—which is used for things such as food packaging and bumpers—and polyethylene, found in plastic ...