Some things, like the cardboard box your online purchase arrived in, are both obviously recyclable and easy to dispose of mindfully. Others, not so much. Take rubber gloves, for example. They're not ...

Every year, over 100 billion nitrile rubber gloves are produced. They are made from synthetic polymers—a material chemically related to plastic and derived from crude oil. The vast majority is used in ...

WASHINGTON—Efforts are under way to dramatically increase rubber glove production on U.S. soil using the Defense Production Act, which traces its history to the Korean War and is inspired by efforts ...

Malaysian firm Meditech Gloves will begin production of natural gloves that can biodegrade 100 times faster than synthetic, petroleum-based options KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – ...