To skip the time and skill involved with tiling walls, we installed Wetwall, a Wilsonart Company. Wetwall is a wood/plastic ...

and had been bringing both laminate and plastics products to the market since the late 1800s. The brand was subsequently acquired by the gigantic US based Mohawk Industries conglomerate ...

They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...

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 ...

Laminate flooring has come a long way since it first was introduced in the 1970s. The versatile flooring comprises layers of synthetic material engineered to look like wood, stone, or another ...

Plastic laminate countertops don’t get as much fanfare as their showier quartz and granite cousins, but these dependable workhorses of the kitchen need care, too. If you have plastic laminate ...

“These are typically more heavily contaminated and thus harder to recycle than plastic waste arising from industry. Many are also laminated plastics, which layer various materials and plastics ...

Materials such as glass, metal and paper are quite easy to recycle. Certain types of plastic can be recycled too. Objects that aren’t recycled are taken to landfill sites. These are places where ...

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 ...

A rising tide of plastic waste is choking our oceans, threatening fragile ecosystems and killing sea life. While plastic has revolutionised our way of life since it was invented in the 1950s, the ...

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 ...

On Tuesday, Australia takes another step towards reshaping its throw-away society. A range of single-use plastic, including straws, cutlery and micro beads in shampoo, will be banned in its most ...