The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...

Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles can greatly increase how much toxic chemicals enter plants and human cells.

Rutgers Health researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides ...

Paper straws are, objectively, the worst. There’s the race against the clock to use them before they turn to mush, the ...

All-natural straws crafted from delignified wood and chitosan demonstrate superior strength and hydro-stability, paving the ...

President Donald Trump in a new executive order inked on Monday encouraged the U.S. government and consumers to purchase ...

No more paper straws. President Donald Trump expressed his distaste for biodegradable, paper straws earlier in the week by signing an executive order to get rid of them and bring back plastic straws.

A new study adds to mounting evidence of the risks associated with eating from plastic and builds on previous evidence ...

The new order backtracks on Biden administration's efforts to lower consumption of such plastics, which damage ecosystems and ...