Piles of plastic toys take up space in many family ... company's pledge to use sustainable materials in its products and packaging by 2030. Toy company MGA Entertainment, which is behind L.O.L ...

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 ...

For example, oligomers, which are short-chain polymers that are an accidental byproduct of plastic manufacturing, are common in food packaging and processing materials, and are known to leach into ...

A new law banning plastic packaging on most fruit and vegetables ... and fast-food restaurants will no longer be able offer free plastic toys. However, industry figures have expressed concerns ...

They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage ... A huge piece of Styrofoam packaging had been caught, now ...

Playmates Toys soon signed on as associate ... Bebop figures are much cheaper outside the packaging, but one in the original plastic will fetch a pretty penny. In the world of Teenage Mutant ...

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 ...

Blisters are typically small in size but their impact looms large. If you’re reading this, you probably already know that blisters are those red, raised areas that look like bubbles and occur ...

Despite the simplicity of these pegs, my kids would pull them out of the toy bin again and again. This cheerful pink piggy bank makes a rewarding sound each time one of the 10 plastic coins is ...

If you want to foster your child’s independent learning and play, Montessori-inspired toys can help them confidently engage with the world on their own. Sami Krasny, a play-based education ...

Brazil produces around 7 million tons of plastic products a year, 44% of which are disposable and single-use plastics, common in food packaging; a significant amount of it ends up in one of Brazil ...

In the form of bottles, tires, packaging and piping, millions of tons of plastic waste are dumped every year in the world's waterways, often ending up in the oceans. And their amount could almost ...