While completely avoiding microplastics is unrealistic in modern society, experts shared with Newsweek practical steps you can take to minimize your exposure.

Team's waterproof, oilproof polymer can be used as a biodegradable packaging material for food and drinks The laboratory at ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Wendy Altschuler is a seasoned travel and adventure writer and author. Plastic is big business and a big threat to our environment; however ...

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. has also set a recycled bottle goal of 50 percent by 2022. The JSDA is calling on small and midsize businesses to follow suit. Beverages in plastic bottles made up 76 ...

KFC will stop handing out plastic straws and ... one of the first major fast-food chains in the city to do so. The company announced on Wednesday that the “no straws and lids” initiative ...