She is also a Certified Stress Management Coach. A recent study found a whole plastic spoon's worth of tiny plastic shards in human brain tissue. Pretty wild, right? Some researchers have ...

Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers. Waste plastic is plentiful and highly flammable.

Plastic has helped humanity progress in ways unimaginable only a century ago. It has revolutionised healthcare, made homes more energy efficient, and reduced pressure on the extraction of natural ...