You guys used to love plastic, I mean love, love, love it! Plastic is super useful, but you used to put it in chewing gum, stickers and t-shirts that you'd only wear a couple of times! Oh!

SPRING, Texas (WKRC/KHOU/CNN/CNN Newsource) - Parents were expressing shock and concern after discovering that their children were allegedly given "sleepy stickers" by teachers. The patches ...

In little more than a century, plastic has gone from being hailed as a scientific wonder to being reviled as an environmental scourge. It was in 1907 that the first modern plastic, bakelite ...

BECOME A DIVISIVE ISSUE. TONIGHT, MORE THAN A DOZEN STICKERS LIKE THESE, NOW REMOVED FROM LIGHT POLES AND STREET SIGNS ACROSS HARVARD’S CAMPUS. THE STICKERS RESEMBLE AN ALTERED ISRAELI FLAG.

In 1869 an innovative new material was created: plastic. Initially envisioned as a substitute for ivory in making billiard balls, the versatility of this new material has seen it applied to almost ...

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

Scientists have new evidence to explain why plastic is dangerous to sea turtles: the animals mistake the scent of plastic for food. Thus, a plastic bag floating in the sea not only looks like a ...

A layer of Maxima Racing Oils SC1 high-gloss coating showcases the carbon inlay ... stickers properly used to be an art, and this was my throwback to that era. (Jeff Allen/) Stock plastic ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis. Learn what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics. Read this ...

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 ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

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 ...