To respond to the plastics crisis, we may find just as many answers looking backward as we do forward. At a recent event, sociologist Dr. Rebecca Altman explains. To respond to the plastics crisis, we ...

Nest researcher Auke-Florian Hiemstra stumbled upon a bird nest that appeared to go back 30 years in time – filled with historical plastics. His discovery of successive layers of plastic in birds’ ...

One man’s trash is a common coot’s treasure, at least when it comes to plastic. In Amsterdam, the birds have been constructing nests out of plastic food wrappers, masks and other waste for at least 30 ...

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If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from the moment we're born in newborn stool, in product packaging, in the soil beneath our feet and the air ...

Plastic has become the default material of modern life, from food packaging and fashion to phones and cars, yet almost none of it is truly reclaimed. The comforting story that we can buy what we like ...

Does trash belong in a museum? The creators of Archeoplastica think so, saying that displaying a range of plastic trash collected from waterways is a good way to connect with the public and help them ...