Tagged With Plastic

7 easy ways to reduce your use of plastics

Sarah Wells

Oil giants are pivoting to plastic, which could backfire amid a growing crackdown

Theron Mohamed

The West has been dumping tens of millions of tons of trash in Southeast Asian countries for more than 25 years — now they want to send it back

Alexandra Ma

Architects designed a fin-shaped skyscraper made entirely of plastic. It's inspired by the Tower of Babel.

Aria Bendix

Etihad Airways removes 95 plastic items – including cups, cutlery, dishes, headset bags and toothbrushes – from a long-haul flight

David Ross

A molecular biologist warns chemicals in plastic can seep into food and lead to major health effects like obesity, heart disease, and diabetes

Shira Polan, Clancy Morgan

A major chemical company is building roads made of recycled plastic. They have already stopped 220,000 pounds of waste from ending up in landfills.

Aria Bendix

Tiny plastic particles are polluting the deepest point in the ocean

Peter Kotecki

Australian businesses need to be environmental leaders -- and consumers are willing to spend

Business Insider with HP

The massive ocean cleanup device invented by a 24-year-old is spilling plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Aria Bendix, Peter Kotecki

Tackling the plastic problem means Australia needs to think much bigger than straws and shopping bags

Pete Shmigel, ACOR

These designers used 5 tons of plastic ocean waste to create a whale

Suma Hussien

This incredible animation shows what 80,000 tons of garbage in the ocean looks like

Uma Sharma, Shira Polan

Scientists have found new evidence that tiny plastic particles might be accumulating in human faeces

Peter Kotecki

SodaStream built a 1000-foot-long contraption called the 'Holy Turtle' to collect plastic from the ocean

Peter Kotecki

A look inside the cult jewellery brand that makes everything from laser-cut coloured plastic

Charlie Floyd

China made recycling expensive - and it could change how the world thinks about plastic forever

Chris Pash

We now know how much plastic it takes to kill a sea turtle

Chris Pash

An environmental group is testing giant floating pipes to clean up oceans

Alexandra Appolonia, Grant Eizikowitz

This 'aquadrone' swims through the water to collect waste

Alexandra Appolonia