Bales of recyclable plastics and cans ready for shipping to recycling facilities at RePower South in Montgomery, Ala. Several ...

The opening credits of that hit 1970s TV sitcom showed the two friends and bottle cappers standing along a beer bottling line ...

The use of plastic has now become a part of our lifestyle. From kitchen containers to water bottles, plastic is everywhere. Plastic has taken over everything, be it cups, plates, or straws.

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Heller produces high-end plastic furniture for the likes of Frank Gehry and the Vignellis. Now it’s making sure those pieces don’t last forever. When plastic entered the design world in the ...

The largest independent bottler of Coca-Cola products in the United States happens to be in Charlotte, and it doesn’t look anything like the 1950s-era bottling depiction on “Laverne & Shirley.” ...

“We are working with councils and Alpine Resorts Victoria to standardise household waste and recycling services to make it easier ... such as clear plastic bottles, containers, paper and newspapers.

Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It's an unnerving thought, but the average brain may contain a spoonful of plastic. A new study says the number of tiny bits of plastic found in human brains increased dramatically between 2016 ...