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My twin brother, Martyn Webster, who has died aged 86, was influential in the development of microsurgery both in the UK and internationally.In 1971 he joined…

Europe’s supermarket shelves are packed with brands billing their plastic packaging as sustainable, but often only a fraction of the materials are truly recovered from waste,…

The household burning of plastic for heating and cooking is widespread in developing countries, suggests a global study that raises concerns about its health and environmental…

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Thousands of cases of salad dressing have been recalled in the US after “foreign objects” were discovered in the products, according to the Food and Drug…

When Czech writer Karel Čapek coined the word “robot” in his 1920 play R.U.R., he imagined tireless “artificial workers” liberating people from drudgery. The lead character…

December 5, 20251 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmA Garbage Truck of Plastic Will Be Dumped Every Second by 2040 Unless We Act Now, Report…

The UK could end its reliance on exporting plastic waste by 2030 to support the creation of 5,400 new jobs and take responsibility for the environmental…

November 18, 20252 min readFive Essential Reads on Plastic, Power, and PollutionIf you enjoyed Beth Gardiner’s feature about big oil’s bet on plastics, here are more…

Ingesting less than three sugar cubes worth of plastic is enough to kill a puffin, a new study has found.Scientists measured how much different kinds of…