The Latin Percussion LP243 Super Guiro comes with two types of scrapers: one plastic and the other wood. These scrapers offer different sound options, which is pretty cool. The plastic scraper is ...

a plastic scraper or a dull knife (a plastic knife works great). A rubber eraser, like a pencil eraser, can also remove ...

Footprint has worked with supermarkets, and with Gillette to convert its plastic razor trays to ones made of plant-based fibre. In a blogpost on Footprint's website, Mr Swope claims that consumers ...

Ice scrapers are a simple tool that can make a big difference in your winter driving experience. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and are typically made of plastic or metal. Some ice ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...

Despite global concerns over the accumulation of plastic waste, the drive to produce new plastics shows no signs of slowing down. According to OECD data, the world’s annual plastic production ...

By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been ...