Dimensional lumber simply means that the lumber is pre-cut to standard sizes. You're probably most familiar with the 2x4, but that's not the only standard size out there. Other common sizes ...

The debate between wood and plastic cutting boards has been simmering for years, and with Food Safety Education Month upon us, it's the perfect time to revisit the question. Is wood truly better ...

Alliance to End Plastic Waste and ASASE Foundation have commissioned a cutting-edge plastic lumber factory with an impressive capacity of 2,000 tonnes. This marks a significant step towards ...

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 ...

While it’s true that plastic is easy to sanitize, as you can easily toss it in the dishwasher, wood has antimicrobial properties. As wood dries, it sucks pathogens deep into its core ...

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 ...

Yet, plastic shares analogous properties with other—natural—recalcitrant polymers, like wood cellulose, which can be broken down by filamentous fungi. The fungi achieve this by secreting an ...

Inside your refrigerator and pantry, plastic is everywhere. There’s plastic wrap, storage bags and bins, clamshell takeout containers, beverage bottles, and condiment tubs, of course.

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In recent months, she has written about “forever chemicals” on American farmlands and the uproar surrounding plastic packaging at Costco. In a phone conversation from her home in Manhattan ...