Plastic trash accumulates in trees and shrubs along the Los Angeles River. Citizen of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images To better understand why plastics don’t ...

Once they do wear out, they can't simply be chucked in the garbage – at least, not if you want them to biodegrade. Instead, they have to be placed in a compost bin or a municipal composting facility, ...

Hundreds of millions of metric tons of plastic are created and discarded every year. The vast majority are petroleum-based, and they do not naturally degrade. Unless plastic is recycled, and very few ...