In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It's now about 400 million tons—an increase of nearly 20,000%.

[Jason Knight], an intern at FabLab RUC, has worked hard for 9 months to make a sheet plastics shredder for HDPE and LDPE from things like plastic bags, bubble wrap and air cushion packaging with ...

Following is a transcript of the video. EDITORS NOTE: The video says Pepsi, Evian, and Coca-Cola are using Loop resin. The companies are not yet using Loop's resin, however, they plan to when Loop ...

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 ...

Recycled, shredded plastic is pictured in a porcelain soup spoon, equivalent to the amount of microplastic a person could consume every week, based on a recent study by WWF International ...

Cars speeding along a smooth, black-coloured street in Nepal's Pokhara are also driving over heaps of discarded plastic, transformed into an ingredient in road construction. A worker holding ...

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 ...