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 ...

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 ...

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.

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 ...

Elvis Okoffo receives funding from the Goodman Foundation, The Australian Academy of Science and The Australian Research Council (ARC) Training Centre for Hyphenated Analytical Separation ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is one of several policies designed to limit the amount of plastic litter – particularly the caps from single-use plastic bottles, which are far more likely to find their way into the ...

Consumers want something to be done about plastic pollution. Recycling is something. Therefore oil companies, manufacturers and retailers are doing it. The trouble is, many of these initiatives ...

Final negotiations for the first-ever United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are due to take place at the end of November. The latest treaty draft states two major objectives: to end plastic ...

On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...