Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

Tossing takeout containers into the recycling bin feels like the right move, but looks can be deceiving. A lot of food ...

London Gatwick is the latest airport to change its liquid rules due to upgraded security scanners. But rules around liquids in hand luggage still differ between UK airports Nine UK airports, including ...

These containers are versatile and can be used for a variety of items, making them a great addition to any home. The clear plastic design makes it easy to see what’s inside, so you don’t have ...

For example, the city of Elk Grove says plastic “clamshell”-style containers, which commonly hold berries and other small produce, can be placed in the recycling bin. Generally, cities across ...

Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that’s just as stable in everyday use but dissolves quickly in saltwater, leaving behind safe compounds. The benefit of plastics ...

A container ship which collided with a US tanker in the North Sea, leading to its captain being charged with gross negligence manslaughter, has arrived in Aberdeen. Portuguese vessel Solong was ...

Starting April 1, property owners will be fined if they don’t separate compostables, like food waste and greasy pizza boxes ... can be put in a paper or clear plastic bag.

Additionally, beverages like bottled water and beer frequently contain MPs released from plastic containers or during ... additional ingestion pathway, as small particles suspended in indoor ...

or thicker PET plastic containers, which are designed for 25 uses. Coca-Cola itself acknowledged in 2022 that reusable packaging was “among the most effective ways to reduce waste”, and ...

"Take your fingers and go, boom boom boom boom," he says, demonstrating how to pack a mixture of peat moss, dirt, lime, perlite and other components into galvanized metal boxes equipped with a lever.

Coca-Cola Original Taste cans have been recalled over plastic contamination (Picture: AP) More than 10,000 cans of Coca-Cola have been recalled over concerns that they contain a ‘foreign object’.