Northern Gas Networks said it was needed to replace "ageing metal pipework" in Pocklington, East Yorkshire, with more durable ...

Safety, performance, aesthetics, noise, comfort, reliability, and durability are the goals that keep automotive engineers up at night, and the miracle solution has, so far, been "more plastic." ...

It's a plastic world out there. About 460 million metric tons of the material are made each year, according to the United Nations, and some scientists are growing increasingly worried that ...

Plastic is cheap to make and shockingly profitable. It’s everywhere. And we’re all paying the price. On a Saturday last summer, I kayaked up a Connecticut river from the coast, buoyed by the rising ...

The Plastic Problem airs Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 10 p.m. ET. Watch on your local PBS station or in the video player above. By 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans. It’s an ...