Every homeowner should have a stash of these tiny, versatile straps on hand. Zip ties can help you conquer clutter, work ...

I am a self-confessed OCD clean-freak so the perfect person to test these vacuum cleaners. Plus I have all types of flooring ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.

Phthalates are chemicals found in hundreds of products. They are mainly used in plastics to help them become soft, flexible, and hard to break. Most people's exposure to phthalates comes from food ...

Fall comes barking in this weekend with some crisp nights in the forecast and a town that had gone sleepy in late summer suddenly bursting with things to do, from a pooch fest and a vinyl record fest ...

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis ... They said they had been keeping their technology under wraps until publishing their paper and obtaining a patent on the process.

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...

In normal conditions, the spores remain dormant, ensuring the plastic's stable performance. However, when exposed to specific triggers like surface erosion or composting, the spores activate and ...

These tiny plastic particles can range in size from 5 millimeters (as small as a pencil eraser) to 1 nanometer, which can’t be seen with the naked eye, the Environmental Protection Agency ...

Researchers have cracked the code for turning plastic back into the building blocks to make new plastics. It could revolutionize recycling, which studies have shown is broken. Researchers at UC ...

Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores ... bags — not bags used to hold produce or wrap food that could cause contamination, such as meat.

Plastic pollution is deadly to ocean wildlife. Ingesting plastic can lead to slow and painful starvation, while plastic entanglement can cause loss of limbs and worse. None of the ocean’s inhabitants ...