The Nashville Zoo announced this week it would no longer sell one-time use plastic water bottles at its concession stands, ...

A herb garden can be quite beneficial in a home, and with this repurposed plastic bottles DIY, you don't even need to keep buying containers.

University of Edinburgh researchers have used bacteria to break down plastic waste and turn it into a Parkinson's drug, advancing a new approach known as "bio-upcycling".

Scientists engineer E. coli to convert PET plastic bottle waste into L-DOPA, a primary treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. “Certain single-use plastic containers, such as ...

Charles Sewell, who as co-founder of Sewell Plastics produced the first 2-liter plastic soda bottle, died March 23 in ...

Don’t throw out that plastic bottle. The Singapore government wants empty beverage containers in return for cash, in a bid to ...

Have you ever stopped to think about what happens to those little orange pill bottles after you finish your prescription? Every year, around 200 billion of these bottles are produced worldwide, and ...

A drug to treat Parkinson's disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The approach harnesses the power of bacteria to transform post-consumer plastic ...