On a beach in Colombia, children trade plastic waste for pseudo coins which they can use to "buy" clothes, books, school ...

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 ...

Polyethylene Polymers or resins are based on the polyethylene chemical system. Low-density polyethylene polymers are used to form a variety of common or commodity-plastic components. High density ...

"We found that the wastewater bacterium has an innate ability to degrade plastic all the way down to monomers, small building blocks which join together to form polymers. These small units are a ...

Starting this week, Uber customers in Austin will see an option to receive Uber Eats deliveries from Avride’s six-wheeled sidewalk robots. That deal will expand to Dallas and Jersey City ...

Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas), into law, which will eliminate plastic bags at California grocery store checkout lanes ... the Attorney General seeks to compel Exxon to “end its deceptive ...

Bad sidewalks are nothing new for Houstonians. A recent Houston Chronicle analysis of Houston Public Works sidewalk data found that only about 61% of the city's 5,800-mile sidewalk network is in ...

“We found that the wastewater bacterium has an innate ability to degrade plastic all the way down to monomers, small building blocks which join together to form polymers. These small units are a ...

It happened on Overbrook Lane near S Kirkwood and Westheimer just before 8 p.m. when the Houston Police Department found an unidentified man on the sidewalk. Witnesses report two other men were ...

It twitches, chirps weakly. After several seconds, it falls silent and goes still. This tragic scene doesn’t play out on a sidewalk. The bird’s feathers are plastic and its body constructed of wire ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Robert Robinson, 61, who is homeless, pushes his belongings down the street on the first day of a statute ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...