It’s a method of creating textiles that uses yarn stitched through plastic or cotton canvas to create vivid and colourful patterns. Knitting yarn or tapestry yarn is the best material to create bold ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

Despite global concerns over the accumulation of plastic waste, the drive to produce new plastics shows no signs of slowing down. According to OECD data, the world’s annual plastic production ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Piles of plastic toys take up space in many family homes in the UK. If you're a parent, then you'll know how tricky it can be to avoid buying them, whether it's diggers, dolls houses or building ...

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Among the plastic in your house might be an orange-colored hard laundry detergent bottle and a squeezable clear ketchup bottle. Come recycling day, you might put them on the curb in a blue bin or ...

While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

An curved arrow pointing right. What do we get wrong when we talk about ocean plastic? A lot, it turns out. Business Insider producer Elizabeth McCauley dives into the scientific literature and ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...