environment pollution Scientists develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours Fast-dissolving plastic offers hope for cleaner seas By Alfonso Maruccia June 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM 29 comments ...

She estimates that Mondelez is spending around $2,000 per ton of plastic tied to mass balance, based on an analysis from the consulting firm McKinsey, compared to around $1,300 a ton for virgin ...

Corbis via Getty Images Plastic foam must be phased out at a local, state and national level in order to protect the oceans and human health, according to a new analysis.

Police have charged a Philadelphia woman with murder, saying she killed her husband and left his body outside on a plastic sheet. At about 7 a.m. March 19, police said they responded to a report ...

Police say a SEPTA engineer's own wife shot and killed him, then left his body on a plastic sheet outside their home. Danielle Baxter, 39, is accused of killing 38-year-old Jordan Baxter in the ...

Business News Focus FSSAI orders probe into use of plastic sheets for idli steaming in Karnataka restaurants More First Published: 1 Mar 2025, 06:10 PM IST ...

"The use of low-quality or non-food-grade plastics in food preparation, particularly under high temperatures, poses a serious health risk," FSSAI CEO G Kamala Vardhana Rao said.

Despite plastic ban, many hotels in city are using plastic sheets to steam idlis, exposing customers to harmful chemicals and serious health risks Despite a ban on plastic, it’s being sold and ...

The Karnataka Food Safety Department has found that 52 out of 251 hotels use plastic sheets to prepare idlis. The state health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao warned that "plastic is carcinogenic. Those ...

The Karnataka Health Department has banned the use of plastic sheets for steaming idlis as plastic use in food preparation is a serious public health hazard. “Plastic in food preparation is a ...

Like climate change, a lot rides on how the global community responds in the next couple of decades. And, though the parallels between the problem of plastic waste and climate change are obvious ...

Of the 11 flame retardants found in the products tested, however, none is regulated in recycled plastic, Toxic-Free Future, the environmental advocacy group that led the study, said in its statement.