Plastic is a highly useful material, but one that can also be a pain as it ages. Owners of vintage equipment the world over are suffering, as knobs break off, bezels get cracked and parts warp ...

Each 21.5-fluid-ounce plastic soap dispenser features shiny gold trim around the pump and takes a look back in time with a ...

Old Barbie dolls, Fisher Price Little People figures and My Little Pony dolls from 1970s and 1980s were among the vintage plastic toys found to contain toxic heavy metals like lead, cadmium and even ...

On July 1, Japan joined a growing list of countries to implement a mandatory plastic bag surcharge. It's part of a national effort to reduce plastic waste in a country that the U.N. says has the ...

Japan has been drawing public condemnation for spilling out plastic waste for other countries to dispose of. Searching for clues to address this problem, I decide to examine my own experience.

In an age where environmental concerns are at the forefront of global discourse, a startling statistic emerges: Every minute, ...

PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN LEHMANN On Okinawa, Japan, a hermit crab resorts to a plastic bottle cap to protect its soft abdomen. Beachgoers collect the shells the crabs normally use, and they leave trash ...

Plastic is incredibly useful and practical – and everywhere. Our modern life depends on it. Strong, light and adaptable, it’s in everything from household goods, medical equipment and bank notes, to ...

As the annual fundraiser for the Alumni Family Scholarship Fund, Vintage Santa Clara has raised almost a million dollars for legacy students. It is a celebration which loyal attendees rarely miss—each ...

Noda hopes plastic-to-oil conversion will fill a gap in the recycling landscape, both in Japan and overseas. Currently, mechanical recycling — in which plastic is physically recycled through ...

Chow, 27, imported this bus from Japan in 2020. In total ... pages – both titled Exotic Bus Collection – to promote vintage buses from around the world, but he also sometimes rents out ...