Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

Students will help plan and conduct different tests on the materials. Students will be able to explain that when testing materials to learn about their properties, all the materials need to be tested ...

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 ...

"Try as we might to buy wooden toys, or things that are a bit more durable, or that are better for the environment, my little girl loves plastic toys. "Like most kids, the brighter and the crazier ...

Many of the sea creatures we love – birds, fish, turtles and whales – die because of the plastic that’s suffocating our seas. Plastic is choking our oceans. Sir David Attenborough told us during Blue ...

The properties of materials include features such as color, size, and shape; whether theyare rough or smooth, shiny or dull, hard or soft, and flexible or stiff. Another property of a material is what ...

Plastic pollution is one of today’s most pressing global environmental challenges and a direct threat to sustainable development. According to global projections, by 2025 the ocean will contain 1 ...

Inside your refrigerator and pantry, plastic is everywhere. There’s plastic wrap, storage bags and bins, clamshell takeout containers, beverage bottles, and condiment tubs, of course.

These findings are expected to aid in enhancing the properties of the PFL1 enzyme and in the search for new plastic biodegrading enzymes. Current methods for plastic waste disposal, such as ...

Single-use plastic is so last century ... Urban Surf 4 Kids to introduce foster and at-risk kids to the positive benefits and healing properties of the ocean and beach. It’s fun to buy new ...

Victorian farmers have been warned to take extra safety precautions at their properties after sharp serrated ... have been finding pieces of sharp plastic that has fallen off the brand new turbines.