These are what activists call the "new sand" -- plastic that has broken down into smaller and smaller pieces, and then become part of the shoreline. At least 8 million tons of plastic enters our ...

BC's Philip Landrigan, M.D., and the Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health present a sweeping new report showing plastic as a hazard at every stage of its life cycle Philip Landrigan ...

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 ...

The Open Print Lab facility located on the fifth floor of 66 Fifth Avenue (see map) is an open print lab available to all students within the School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons School of ...

Parmar, Rashik, Ian Mackenzie, David Cohn, and David Gann. "The New Patterns of Innovation." Harvard Business Review 92, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2014): 86–95.

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 ...

A new exhibition in Manhattan looks at the limits of genius. By Michael Kimmelman Copycat classicism is here. Literary re-enactments by the photographer Stan Douglas — and a wave of other ...

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 ...

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 ...

Among efforts to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, chemical manufacturers are seeking ways to create a circular economy for plastics, in which new plastic products are produced from plastic waste ...

“It’s weird,” said the longtime Yankees announcer. By David Waldstein In the new biopic “The Apprentice,” much is made of Trump’s tutelage under the venal fixer Roy Cohn. But the ...

It’s also a way to avoid a complete ban on the use of commercial plastic bags, which are made from fossil fuels. The new program works by residents purchasing Hefty ReNew heavy plastic ...