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 ...

New research shows that the concentration of microplastics in our bodies has grown as global plastic production has increased The study looked at brain, liver and kidney tissue from cadavers The ...

Dubai-based design firm Inoventive 3D has introduced the region’s first fully 3D-printed boat, built using recycled ocean waste plastic. The 10-metre vessel, named Cyberfin, was completed in just six ...

There’s yet more evidence that exposure to plastics can be harmful to health. Recent research indicates that black plastic found in items like food containers, kitchen utensils, and toys often ...

They are made by heating these chemicals at a high temperature. When the plastic is soft it can be poured into a mould. Once the plastic cools, it hardens into a shape. Plastic is a material that ...

I had clearly put my head too far above the parapet. I realised that far from being the influential, trend-setters I had thought magazine editors are more often ruled by fear - and advertisers.