Tagged With Plastic

A Mexican company is turning leftover avocado pits into biodegradable silverware

Jacqueline Baylon, Amelia Kosciulek

A Mexican company is turning leftover avocado pits into biodegradable silverware

Jacqueline Baylon, Amelia Kosciulek

An Australian research team found a way to recycle soft plastic into concrete – and it could have broader applications in construction

Sharon Masige

Loop Industries plunges 22% after a short-seller accused its patented plastic-recycling technology of being 'very misleading'

Shalini Nagarajan

This startup wants you to pay $8 a month to offset all the single-use plastic you consume

Brittany Chang

The nonprofit that partnered with Microsoft to clean up the ocean is now selling $200 sunglasses made from ocean plastic

Mary Meisenzahl

A pop-up store in NYC is stocking products made entirely of single-use plastic as retailers grapple with changing laws

Mary Meisenzahl

Seaweed may be the solution to our plastic crisis. A London startup is making edible packaging out of it.

Claire Price

Scientists engineered plastic-eating 'super-enzymes' that can break down bottles in days

Aylin Woodward

A factory in Indiana is turning plastic waste into eco-friendly fuel — and it's trying to revolutionise how we handle pollution

Hannah Jiang, Erika Celeste, Brittany Stephanis

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Mars accused of 'warping, reframing, or ignoring' environmental commitments in major sustainability report

Grace Dean

Strawless 'sippy cups' are the new norm for Starbucks iced drinks in the US and Canada

Grace Dean

As plexiglass barriers become the future of indoor dining, experts worry they may not be enough

Marisa Palmer, Kevin Reilly, Mark Abadi

Scientists and entrepreneurs are pioneering plastic alternatives with the goal of creating materials that can be recycled over and over

Samara Abramson, Amelia Kosciulek

Johnnie Walker is launching a new bottle that's made out of paper

Evan Sully

Investors are pouring billions into the alternative plastics industry — and these companies are racing to deliver

Samara Abramson, Mark Abadi, Amelia Kosciulek

A device invented by a 25-year-old is finally catching trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It hauled 60 bags to shore to turn into new products.

Aria Bendix

Viral videos have terrified people into opposing Amazon's plastic packaging. Here's why they're wrong.

Rachel Premack

Meet the 2 Americans who were chosen from a pool of 140,000 people to spend 10 days on a mini-sabbatical in Antarctica with Airbnb this winter

Melissa Wiley

I spent a month cleaning diapers by hand and confiscating toys, and learned why it's nearly impossible to be a plastic-free parent

Eleanor Goldberg Fox