Microplastics are everywhere — in the beauty products we wear, the cleaning supplies we use and even in the food we eat.

A bill in Olympia would make Washington’s recycling system transparent, accessible to more people, and cut out plastic and ...

Some Mardi Gras parades are banning one of their most colorful traditions - tossing out plastic beads. Organizers are trying to cut down on the millions of pounds of trash they make each year.

The result is a pneumatic actuator built out of lasercut acetal parts. The mechanism consists of of two outer layers of plastic acting as the enclosure, and a cut-out middle layer which creates ...