The best laminate flooring has a thick top layer, three to four core layers, and a quality click-lock system. Pergo is the leading laminate flooring brand with an extensive range of wood- and ...

Plastic laminate countertops don’t get as much fanfare as their showier quartz and granite cousins, but these dependable workhorses of the kitchen need care, too. If you have plastic laminate ...

Q: I have plastic laminate on my countertops. Some of the edging around the laminate has come off, while other parts are starting to curl. How can I reattach the laminate and prevent it from ...

For instance, materials like hardwood, ceramic, porcelain and stone tile are typically more expensive, while options like laminate, linoleum or vinyl are more affordable. Hardwood flooring is ...

I bought Pergo Cambridge Abbey Oak from Lowe's in the summer of 2021 and had them install it. I noted that it had a "Lifetime Warranty". In some places it holds up to water but in others, a brief ...

Adhesives, also commonly referred to as bonding systems, adhesive tape and pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA), are highly engineered materials typically used to adhere ...

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 ...

There always seem to be claims going around about harmful chemicals in the plastic packaging used for some food and drink. For instance, there is an infamous email circulating saying that leaving ...

A laminate is a series of unidirectional laminae bonded together so that their fiber directions make different angle with a material axis. By controlling the number of layers and the fiber angles, the ...

In little more than a century, plastic has gone from being hailed as a scientific wonder to being reviled as an environmental scourge. It was in 1907 that the first modern plastic, bakelite ...

You've saved the world's oceans and the fishies and you've saved me from eating plastic right now. Since being discovered over 100 years ago, plastic has completely changed our lives. We use it to ...

Single-use plastic has always been a concern of Caitlin Broadbent, a sustainability technician at King’s College London. Each month, researchers in the institute’s Drosophila fly facilities ...