What do Rubik's Cube, Slinky and the Big Wheel have in common? They're all Toy Hall of Famers and part of a tide of nostalgic ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Punjab has announced a comprehensive crackdown on single-use plastics starting December 10, 2024. In preparation, the agency has issued a notification ...

With two young kids, the back seats of my car have become a chaotic mix of school homework, Bear Yo Yo cards ... the seats still damp (they provided plastic covers for the front seats to prevent ...

Across industries, workers encounter more immediate ethical questions about whether to use AI every day. In a trial by the U.K.-based law firm Ashurst, three AI systems dramatically sped up ...

A recent study adds to the evidence that black plastic household items—like the ubiquitous spatulas we all use to flip pancakes and turn steaks—are potentially harmful to our health ...

An infomercial hosted by Dennis Quaid. Pushback against the Olympics’ single-use plastic ban. A trove of documents leaked from an influential industry group shows how some of the world’s ...

Using recycled plastic is often seen as a positive, but in the case of black plastic, it could be seriously harming our health, according to a new study. Recent research published in the journal ...

Using focused solar irradiation, yields up to 80% are observed in just 5 min. Furthermore, combining multiple types of polystyrene plastics with a small percentage of black polystyrene plastic enables ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Negotiators gather in Busan, South Korea on Monday in what’s billed as a final push to address the global ...

On the opening day, the INC approved the use of the Chair’s Non-Paper 3 as the foundation to facilitate negotiations in focused contact groups through the week. “The excessive reliance of humanity on ...

And a broad coalition of nations is seeking to go a step further and rein in plastic production, with a focus on restricting single-use plastic. That notion had gained traction leading up to the ...

Of the 203 black plastic products the researchers tested, 10% had notable quantities of bromine, a chemical that indicates flame-retardant chemicals may be present. This variability is one reason why ...