If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from the moment we're born in newborn stool, in product packaging, in the soil beneath our feet and the air ...

Plastic has become the default material of modern life, from food packaging and fashion to phones and cars, yet almost none of it is truly reclaimed. The comforting story that we can buy what we like ...

Does trash belong in a museum? The creators of Archeoplastica think so, saying that displaying a range of plastic trash collected from waterways is a good way to connect with the public and help them ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Author Judith Enck argues it is not too late to reduce the use of plastic, which has surged in the last twenty years (Adnan Beci) ...