The noun plastic had not yet been coined—and wouldn't be until the early twentieth century—but we were already dreaming in plastic. Hyatt's breakthrough came in 1869.

When plastic entered the design world in the 20th century, it was hailed as a wonder material—something strong, durable, lightweight, affordable, and malleable enough to sculpt into expressive ...

When the Center for Climate Integrity released its report about plastic recycling, one might have expected the environmentalist non-profit to encourage the practice. Anyone raised in the late-20th ...

Plastic waste is everywhere. About 8 million metric tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year. Plastics are inside us. Microplastics have been found in the blood, and can cross the placental ...

With Earth Day 2024 and an increasing number of environmental campaigners calling for an end to plastics, is time finally up for the 20th century's miracle material? Rima Sabina Aouf finds out if ...

But during the early 20th century, the giddy early days of plastic innovation, manufacturers started substituting nylon and other plastics into the design—and never looked back.