The Department of Justice is investigating potential price-fixing in the market for PVC pipes, as disclosed in a filing by manufacturer Otter ...

The Washington factory is No. 17 for the employee-owned company that is also building a new facility in Florida for polyethylene and polypropylene pipe.

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...

An example of lead pipes that deliver water to the nation's homes is on display. (Seth Perlman/AP Photo) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to ...

FOLLOWING reports of poor water quality and discoloration in Barangay Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) has advised residents to use plastic pipes to prevent ...

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.

By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been ...

Final negotiations for the first-ever United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are due to take place at the end of November. The latest treaty draft states two major objectives: to end plastic ...

Consumers want something to be done about plastic pollution. Recycling is something. Therefore oil companies, manufacturers and retailers are doing it. The trouble is, many of these initiatives ...