Solutions to the plastic waste crisis are often pitched using words that can skew value judgments, new research argues. The ...

As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, boxes, bottles and bags. But as these bins fill up quicker and quicker each ...

There were several big recycling bins, and his design was plastered onto each one—as big as a beach ball, he recalls, holding his hands wide. “I thought, ‘Well, it must have caught on,’” since it was ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis ...

You know that little triangle with the number inside that you see on practically every plastic item you've ever touched? The ...