Brothers Make on MSN

Confused about plastic types? Let’s clear it up!

In this video, we explore methods for identifying different types of plastic, focusing on elastomers, thermosetting plastics, ...
YouTube on MSN

4 Cheap & EASY to Make Raised Garden Bed COVERS

In this video, I show you how to make 4 different types of garden bed covers to protect your vegetables and plants from animals, birds, insects, heat, sun, hail, and the cold. I believe the key to ...
The Cool Down on MSN

Researchers develop next-gen material with potential to replace plastics: 'This work will create new … strategies'

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, have started a multiyear project to develop new types of plastic ...
WBUR

Only 5% of plastic in the U.S. is recyclable. What should you do with the rest?

If you have a recycling bin at home, chances are you have seen the ubiquitous chasing arrows symbol on the bottom of plastic packaging and assumed that indicates the plastic is recyclable. But only a ...
CU Boulder News & Events

The impact of plastic on climate change

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 ...
CNN

Plastic shopping bag policies are actually working, a new study suggests

Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Greener newsletter. Our limited newsletter series guides you on how to minimize your personal role in the climate crisis — and reduce ...
NPR

Researchers find a massive number of plastic particles in bottled water

Microscopic pieces of plastic are everywhere. Now, they've been found in bottled water in concentrations 10 to 100 times more than previously estimated. Researchers from Columbia University and ...