Consumer concern about microfiber pollution is not without warrant. Leading researchers and Cotton Incorporated released a study in Nature Communications that revealed synthetic clothing contributes 7 ...

Polyester plastics, commonly found in synthetic textiles and plastic components of home appliances, are notoriously difficult ...

With a standard plastic water bottle taking up to 450 years to dissolve in the ocean, the race has been on to find a biodegradable plastic that could dissolve faster and be more eco-friendly.

The first synthetic plastic — Bakelite — was produced in 1907. Rapid growth in global plastic production began in the 1950s.

Your soda bottle. Your Tupperware container. But plastic waste goes far beyond bottles and bags. Each year we create roughly 440 million tons of it — equivalent to about 15,000 Statues of Liberty.

The researchers say plastic waste could shift from being an environmental burden to a feedstock for pharmaceutical products. Stephen Wallace, a chemical biotechnology researcher, led the work.