What Is a Window Well Cover? Window wells are reinforced holes in the ground around below-ground or partially below-ground basement windows. Window wells are designed to hold surrounding earth ...

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 ...

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 ...

Avoid storing hot foods, like fresh-off-the-stove soups, in plastic containers as well, says Braun. Then, consider the relative amount of food to plastic contact. Liquids, powders, and grains all ...

“The price of plastic in the future should also cover the cost of collecting marine plastics that wash up on beaches and also fund welfare activities that assist people living among plastic ...

India is a world leader in plastic emissions, and the cost to health and the environment is enormous, recent studies find ...

Windmill has already made waves once before with its viral window AC unit. The company's newly launched product could be next ...

“I never heat anything in plastic – I put it in a glass or Pyrex container and cover the food with a paper towel or plate. That’s what I recommend everybody else do.” The Academy of ...

Tesco customers have been left furious after plastic lids on the supermarket's hummus pots were replaced with 'flimsy' film covers. The supermarket made the call this month to remove millions of ...

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 ...

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 ...