Since plastic doesn’t really decompose at all, the result could end up being the longest live stream ever. The live stream was launched in Lisbon on March 30, but if you missed it you can watch ...

The Choose Water bottle, developed by James Longcroft, is made up of recycled paper pulp and natural materials that can supposedly decompose within three weeks. Plastic usually takes centuries to ...

It takes more than 1,000 years for plastic to decompose. Every plastic bottle, straw and container ever thrown away is still intact and somewhere on earth. The plastic problem affects every part of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Scientists have created a mutant bacterial enzyme that not only breaks down plastic bottles in hours, but the leftover material is good enough to be recycled into high-quality new bottles.