BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Central Credit Union rolled out a clear bag policy on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The new policy comes nearly a ...

On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...

If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants.

Underneath, the high tide mark is clear -- behind it is a carpet of refuse, from polystyrene boxes ... a PVC label, creating an onerous sorting process. Sometimes it isn't even clear what plastic ...

Fires at two ballot drop boxes that destroyed hundreds of ballots in the Pacific Northwest this week, as well as a similar fire earlier this month, have raised questions about the role and ...

As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern Thai island of Koh Chang, residents gather to sell their ...

For a consumer, this problem would be simpler to handle if it was clear that only certain black plastic products posed a risk, or that all of them did. But Turner found that products were ...

According to Interesting Engineering, the researchers have developed a way to make PVC (polyvinyl chloride), one of the most used plastics on the planet, more durable and stable and less likely to ...

It's homecoming weekend at Colorado State. There's a full slate of sports on tap for the celebration, culminating with the first-place CSU football team hosting New Mexico on Saturday afternoon.