One reason plastic waste persists in the environment is because there’s not much that can eat it. The chemical structure of most polymers is stable and different enough from existing food sources that ...

Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is ...

This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As public concern about plastic pollution rises, consumers are reaching ...

Flying into Abbotsford Airport recently, Chris Bodnar was surprised by the large number of Fraser Valley fields covered by plastic. When he started his organic farm 20 years ago, only a few farmers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. In “The Graduate,” Benjamin Braddock, back from school, is told the secret of the future in one word. “Plastics.” At the time the ...