Grips, caps, and closures are used to protect the end of a shaft, tube, pipe, bottle, screw, bar, or other item during shipping, storage, masking, or other applications. Some caps can also be used to ...

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You may have bought a drink recently and noticed something odd: the once removable cap is now tethered to the bottle by a small strip of plastic. An EU directive was enacted in July, requiring that ...

Plastic has become a vital part of our lives of convenience. Yet the coffee cup lids, water bottles and bags we use once and throw away do end up somewhere -- in landfills, but also in the ocean.

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 ...

Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ocean. Even if you live hundreds of miles from the coast, the plastic you throw away could make its way into the sea. Once the plastic ...

Despite global concerns over the accumulation of plastic waste, the drive to produce new plastics shows no signs of slowing down. According to OECD data, the world’s annual plastic production ...

You may have bought a drink recently and noticed something odd: the once removable cap is now tethered to the bottle by a small strip of plastic. Manufacturers have included the tether on bottles ...

The chemicals from the plastic are passed along the food chain and can ultimately end up in the food we eat. Image caption, Once in the environment, plastic can take hundreds of years to break down.

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