By 2021 annual production had roughly doubled, with the trade in plastics (and goods containing it) estimated to be worth ...

To reduce plastic waste, cut back on single-use plastics, bring your own containers when eating out, and use refillable items ...

The global concrete fiber market is projected to witness a growth rate of 4.7% annually from 2025 to 2031, with an anticipated size of US$ 1.98 billion by 2031, according to an analysis by Stratview ...

This year the congregations of St Vincent´s Anglican Chaplaincy Algarve are striving to give up using as much plastic. Our planet faces many problems like climate change, global warming, crop ...

The Indian government has acknowledged that while studies confirm the presence of microplastics in the human body, there is currently no conclusive research on their physiological or psychological ...

Working with partners including Bcomp, Simplifyber and Biomyc, Kia aims to further accelerate the development and production ...

and these synthetic fabrics are a major source of microplastic contamination. "As we wear clothing that's increasingly plastic, those fibres shed, go down the drain, [and] wind up in the local ...

Experts say your choice in fabric can impact comfort, odor, and even infection risk. Here's the clear winner between nylon vs. cotton.

This plastic pollution is on the rise as more and more synthetic clothing is produced. While only people working with plastic fibres are known to develop respiratory problems, experts say the ...

These include synthetic textile fibres from washing clothes and microplastics released from car tyres or when unscrewing plastic bottle caps. Researchers also found virgin plastic pellets, the raw ...

A study of about 250 patients in America, published in 2024 in the New England Journal of Medicine, linked the presence of ...