Each year over 400 million tons of plastic waste enter our oceans, soil, and landfills, where it can persist for centuries. Rutgers researchers have unlocked a molecular secret: plastic that can ...

More than 90% of plastic waste ends up in the soil, where it breaks down into microplastics that are invisible to the naked eye. Microplastic pollution of the soil poses a severe threat to soil health ...

Instead of buying plastic seed-starting trays, consider using a soil-blocking kit to make your own vessels. The kit’s metal ...

Plastic that behaves like a sturdy fork on your picnic table and then quietly melts back into the soil sounds like science fiction, yet chemists are now doing something close by turning ordinary milk ...