To respond to the plastics crisis, we may find just as many answers looking backward as we do forward. At a recent event, sociologist Dr. Rebecca Altman explains. To respond to the plastics crisis, we ...

The former National Plastics Center and Museum, once housed in Leominster, MA, has a new home in Syracuse University’s library, and the many artifacts and documents amassed over the years tell a great ...

In the classic '60s film The Graduate, a family friend gives the protagonist an iconic piece of advice. "One word... plastics. There's a great future in plastics." That advice couldn't have been more ...

Does trash belong in a museum? The creators of Archeoplastica think so, saying that displaying a range of plastic trash collected from waterways is a good way to connect with the public and help them ...

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Could Akron be the rubber capital of the world – again? Not just rubber for tires, but for all the polymers and plastics that create so much of what we depend on today, from the toothbrush you pick up ...

Trisia Farrelly is affiliated with the New Zealand Product Stewardship Council, Carrying Our Future, the Massey University Political Ecology Research Centre, the Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, ...