The effects of plastic on the three planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution: scientific knowledge is still patchy and unevenly distributed. The United Nations ...

Former EPA official Judith Enck explains why plastic pollution is a production problem—and how policy, not recycling, can ...

Microplastics could be disrupting how oceans absorb and store carbon, potentially undermining a natural buffer that helps ...

A University of Texas at Arlington scientist’s research could have an impact on one of the world’s most pressing problems: plastic waste. Plastic waste has become a major environmental concern. From ...

Despite Kenya’s 2017 ban, plastic bag offences remain the top environmental violation, exposing manufacturers and retailers ...

A new Rochester-based research center will study the lifecycle of microplastics, including its origin as plastic waste, distribution, and movement in the Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem. The research ...

A new initiative focuses on the investment and environmental value of reducing plastic waste. Trùng Khánh, a district of Cao Bằng Province in the Northeast region of Vietnam, attracts many tourists ...

This is one of those small things that bothers people as they walk through the grocery store aisles. There is one cucumber ...

The free, Chromium-based, AppEsteem-certified web browser has partnered with 4ocean to help clean up ocean plastic and trash as you surf the web.

I used to grab a plastic water bottle without thinking twice. It was easy. Convenient. The thing you just did when you were ...

As both plastics pollution and concerns over its impacts on the environment and the human body grow, world governments, environmental groups and the plastics industry are meeting in Ottawa, Canada, ...