A new study finds a bacterium in this family can break down the plastic for food. Researchers also identified the enzyme the bacterium use to degrade plastic. The discovery opens new possibilities ...

Teak furniture reigns supreme when it comes to durable, long-lasting, and well-made furniture for outdoor spaces. Teak's structure (I'm no chemist, but it's something about the oils) makes it ...

Findings presented this week in the journal Chemosphere show that a variety of household products made with recycled black plastic — including food service ware, kitchen utensils, and toys ...

Made with a more buoyant type of plastic, bottle caps also travel further across oceans than the bottles they are sold with. Even when plastics are recycled, the process creates a lower-quality ...

“The novel concern that’s raised in this study is ‘Look, black plastic that shouldn’t be recycled is ending up in all kinds of products that lead to human exposure,’” she sai ...

This article has been supplied as a media statement and is not written by Creamer Media. It may be available only for a limited time on this website. Recycled PVC products stole the spotlight at ...

Consumers could return their empty blister packs and aluminium in the post, with TerraCycle set to convert the plastic and aluminium foil into recycled raw material to produce nuts and bolts, plastic ...