Rather than a potential triumph, the compostable plastics we use look increasingly like a tragedy. Andy Extance looks at the ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Yayasan Pelaburan Bumiputera's property investment arm, Pelaburan Hartanah Bhd (PHB), is exploring a collaboration with IJN Holdings Sdn Bhd on the future expansion of the latter's ...

Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...

PETALING JAYA: Property investment company Pelaburan Hartanah Bhd (PHB) has successfully debuted RM1.5bil of its RM5bil sukuk murabahah programmes. According to the group, the issued sukuk ...

Polling shows environmental issues are far from the top of voters’ minds this year, and the global plastics crisis rarely gets a mention—unless it’s to defend plastic straws. Nevertheless ...

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 ...

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.

On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...

Since dolphins and humans inhale similar plastic particles, dolphins may be at risk for the same lung problems. As top predators with decades-long life spans, bottlenose dolphins help scientists ...

She and shop regular Thaddeus Popovic led the sound of kazoos to wrap up the venue’s mid-October evening of the microphone, handing out small plastic noisemakers ... as the PHB&C Railway was ...

"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...