NEW ORLEANS, March 19, 2024 — Once thrown away, disposable items such as diapers and sanitary pads can take hundreds of years to decompose, because their absorbent parts and waterproof layers contain ...

As Asia-Pacific president of Dow Chemical Co., one of the world’s biggest producers of plastics and chemicals, Jon Penrice has 100 billion reasons to recycle. “About 8 million tons of plastics are ...

SEATTLE – Plastic Surgery 2009 News Briefs are designed to keep you up-to-date on embargoed studies and other news being presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons ...

Throughout modern history, parents have only had one real option when it comes to disposable diapers: plastic. The single-use products are typically made with fossil fuels like petroleum and can take ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill banning retailers from offering any type of plastic bag to customers at the point of sale. The new law, scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2026, is ...

I slipped on a pair of yellow rubber gloves and knelt over the toilet, dunking and scrubbing my baby's poop-filled cloth diaper. As the brown water splashed back at me, I gagged and tried to remind ...

Hiro Technologies Co-Founder Miki Agrawal poses with a diaper and a pouch full of plastic-eating fungi at her company’s laboratory, in Austin AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) -Could baby poop and fungi work ...