Reusable water bottles can help you stay hydrated, but experts say not cleaning your water bottle regularly can expose you to ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

Pernod Ricard’s vodka brand Absolut has been working on paper bottles over the last few years, adapting fiber-based packaging ...

The lining on the inside of a nonstick pan is made of plastic. When heated, it can release toxic fumes; when scratched, it ...

In a world overrun with plastic garbage, causing untold environmental woes, University of Houston assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Maksud Rahman, has developed a way to ...

Microscopic bits of plastic are sloughing off into food and beverages when consumers unwrap the plastic packaging, a new study has shown.

Most consumers are abundantly aware: plastic is bad. The problems with plastic bottles come from the resources (oil and gas) they use from the earth; then the fact they are single-use items which are ...

It also breaks down into smaller pieces, called microplastics and nanoplastics: Microplastics are plastic fragments that are 100 nanometres to 5,000,000 nanometres (5 millimetres) in size. For ...

A paper bottle that’s changing the game Plastic has become the go-to material for packaging, including in medicine, because it’s cheap, durable and easy to produce.

The transformation had involved extensive efforts. Floating atop the now-stagnant water is a familiar sight — plastic packaging, used tarpaulin sheets, bottles, old rugs, and moss. The water, tinged a ...

The court also directed shop owners and distributors of food consumables to transition to biodegradable packaging from plastic foil wraps or similar materials. The list of banned products includes ...

Add a piece of wrapping paper, with the designed side facing out, where the two sides of the boot create a gap in the front. Next, cut a used plastic water bottle that will sit on the inside of the ...