but their plastic resin construction makes them lightweight, which often works well for DIYers. These boxes unfold or unstack, revealing all the tools and parts for easy use. Truck-mounted tool ...

Plastic tool boxes vary widely in quality ... dimensions (to know how much room it will take up at the site and in a truck) as well as the internal space—and how that is divided.

Over the past few years, tool manufacturers have introduced a wide ... In the past two months, I’ve outfitted my truck with two boxes that work perfectly to store plastic fittings I use to install PEX ...

Now, University of British Columbia researchers have developed a low-cost, portable tool to accurately measure plastic released ... 3D-printed box containing a wireless digital microscope, green ...

Bamboo is beginning to be a great alternative to plastic. It is 100% decomposable and is starting to be used for lots of day-to-day things like toothbrushes, lunch boxes and chopping boards.

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient.

Scientists have now utilized that fact to produce "living plastic" that biodegrades – but only under specific conditions. Spores are a dormant form taken by some types of bacteria, typically ...

The Auto Aftermarket recognizes the importance of packaging differences. The annual AAPEX Product Packaging Awards highlight companies that are paying attention to the details: ...

Ferragamo offers Tritan Renew sunglasses. Stanley Black & Decker even made a new power tool line called Reviva from the plastic. But there is no guarantee that any particular bottle, pair of ...

A newlywed couple and relative were killed when a semi-truck overturned and scattered its load of plastic pipes across I-70 in Colorado. The eastbound semi lost its load about 8:30 a.m. Aug. 15 ...

In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for research projects to help the military deal with the copious amount of plastic waste generated when troops are sent to ...

Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a preprint posted online in May. A preprint is a ...