New inventions and technologies are making it possible for plastic to be reused, repurposed, and reimagined to tap its value many times over. About 380 million metric tons of plastic are produced ...

(The Hill) — Worried about plastic pollution in your tap water? Try boiling it, a new study suggests. Boiling tap water can destroy at least 80 percent of three of the most common plastic compounds ...

Every day, tiny plastic particles called nano- and microplastics find their way into your drinking water. Invisible to the naked eye, these fragments could silently threaten your health. Recent ...

For years, bottled water has been marketed as the cleaner, safer alternative to whatever comes out of the kitchen faucet. Now the scientist behind one of the most detailed tests of plastic ...

Over the course of a year it is estimated that the average person consumes an estimated 5,800 plastic particles, most of them tiny fibers. Every one of the Great Lakes samples contained at least a few ...

Worried about plastic pollution in your tap water? Try boiling in it, a new study suggests. Boiling tap water can destroy at least 80 percent of three of the most common plastic compounds that can be ...