A gatekeeper at Gulu regional hospital wears a face shield made by local organisation Takataka Plastics to deal with COVID-19 shortages of personal protective equipment, Gulu, Uganda, May 2020.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVOtKSKyIvI&fw=470] Here’s an interesting development in the world of 3D printers: A rapid prototyping machine that melts ...

Cal Fire continues to investigate how four firefighters were burned during the early minutes of the Valley Fire. A preliminary report from Cal Fire says flames and heat forced four firefighters to ...

COLUMBIA — In the waning days of the regular legislative session, a bill to pave the way for "advanced recyclers" — including companies that melt down plastics — could be on the way to becoming law.

Scientists turned food waste into natural plastic films using bacteria that make biodegradable packaging material.

Dear EarthTalk: Why can’t plastics of all types, instead of being initially sorted, simply be melted together to be separated later? It must be a monumental and error-prone task to separate truckloads ...

Laura Ledbetter scooped a handful of resin pellets and held out her palm for inspection. A faint smell of melting plastic hung in the air as workers rode past her on forklifts carrying rolls of white ...

BERKELEY (CBS 5) - A California woman says the energy efficient window installed in a neighbor's condominium is melting the plastic components on cars parked in her carport. Heather Patron of Studio ...

Researchers have transformed food waste sugars into natural plastic films that could one day replace petroleum-based ...

(KPIX 5) - We've heard that too much sun can be bad for your skin...well, what about your car? Connie Chu thought she'd been the victim of a hit and run when she walked outside and saw the warped ...