If you have a batch of concrete to mix but nothing to mix it in, try a 4- x 8-ft. sheet of 1/4- or 3/8-in. plywood. Place a few bricks or scraps ... x 16-in. piece of plastic sheeting and affix it to ...

Crosscut the 4x8 sheet of 3/4-in. plywood into two pieces ... is strong enough to support a lot of weight. Can you use PVC pipe for closet rod? I would not recommend using PVC pipe for a clothing rack ...

If you’ve read the recent news about the dangers of black plastic, then you might be rethinking your kitchen utensil choices. Plastic tools may seem inexpensive and convenient, but there’s ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...

Plastic is all around us. Most of us use it every day. It’s a really useful material that has transformed all our lives, but unfortunately our used plastic is getting into the ocean. It can end ...

By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...

Much of the plastic that does not end up in landfill or go through other waste management pathways (such as recycling or incineration) is thought to end up in the ocean. Between 4.8 and 12.7 million ...