On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...

If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants.

I’ve also taken this news as a reason to coax myself into carrying a reusable coffee mug more often, if only to avoid the black plastic lids on disposable cups—heat plus plastic equals ...

Optimum glasses in the categories Weinzen glass (left), and Beer mug (right); notice the very wide opening. Credit: C. Pellegrini. Pellegrini discovered that the best glass shape should be narrow ...

Countries gathered in Colombia to work on a treaty to end plastic pollution must strive for “an ambitious, credible and just” deal that responds to the needs of communities everywhere, including some ...

PUNTERS can now get their hands on a popular beer that has not been seen in pubs for 30 years. The pale ale was one of the UK’s highest-selling beverages from the 1950s to 1970s but it fell out ...

The first thing you noticed when you arrived at Jahazi Pier last weekend, were the large beer mugs that the people were drinking from. Which was interesting because Ugandans do not like draft beer ...

Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Restaurants had the half-year period to phase out certain single-use plastics including disposable plastic cutlery and straws. The Environmental Protection Department on ...

The UK government has officially introduced legislation to ban the sale of single-use disposable vapes in England ... Each vape discarded contains lithium, plastic, and other toxic substances ...

Figures also show that a quarter of 11-15-year-olds used a vape last year - the government has criticised the way disposable vapes are marketed to children, describing it as "unacceptable".