As large toymakers slowly become more sustainable, parents can make better choices when buying plastic toys that kids want for the holidays.

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an environmentally safer type of plastic that can be used for ...

Chip designer Arm has unveiled the most complex flexible microchip yet. The PlasticARM is inefficient and slow compared to silicon-based chips, but could be printed onto fabric, paper, and plastic ...

Researchers at Sarnoff Corporation in Princeton, NJ, and Columbia University, have developed flexible plastic circuits which can operate at speeds up to 100 megahertz. This opens the way to large ...

ShopRite is teaming up with Trenton-based TerraCycle on a grocery store recycling program for all brands of flexible plastic packaging.

Researchers have genetically engineered microbes to produce a strong, flexible plastic similar to nylon for the first time. Bacteria have been used to generate polyesters such as ...

McDonald's plans to "drastically" reduce the plastic in its Happy Meal toys worldwide by 2025. The burger giant said Tuesday it's working with toy companies to develop new ideas, such as offering ...

In a test to demonstrate packaging sustainability, Kraft Heinz transformed recycled flexible plastic packaging into roofing material for two U.S. manufacturing plants. PITTSBURGH& CHICAGO---- The ...

STAMI Researchers have created a material derived from crab shells and tree fibers that has the potential to replace the flexible plastic packaging used to keep food fresh.

Flexible chips have been created before, but Arm’s device is the most powerful yet demonstrated. It has 56,340 components packed into less than 60 square millimetres.

As cities and companies — including Starbucks — move to oust straws in a bid to reduce pollution, people with disabilities say they're losing access to a necessary, lifesaving tool.

A wild walk through the bizarre, risky, and unforgettable toys of the '70s and '80s—back when danger was part of the fun.