As a researcher with the Department of Fisheries Malaysia studying marine plastic pollution, I spend my days documenting a ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University looked at plastic bag bans and fees in jurisdictions across the United States to gauge their effectiveness. The researchers found ...

Different types of plastic have varying toxic properties. Some are made with toxic chemicals like chlorine, while others pick up trace amounts of chemicals like lead found in the environment.

Research reveals food packaging releases plastic particles. Microplastics contaminate common foods and drinks. Opening ...

A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University shows plastic bag bans and fees have been effective at ...

Plastic is in lots of things we use from clothing to crisp packets, and bottles to buckets. Making things from plastic is popular because there are many different types - and it can be made in to ...

Wine surprisingly contains few microplastics – even glass bottles with caps. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The country is poised to introduce a series of regulations that will make companies that produce and use plastic packaging ...

New research shows shoreline litter in U.S. has been slashed by almost half since plastic bag bans have gone into effect.

Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually help clean up shorelines.

Scientists have discovered that a strain of common faecal bacteria can convert plastic waste into the drug paracetamol, a ...