The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

President Donald Trump reverses federal policy moving away from plastic straws, opposing Biden's sustainability goals.

Forever chemicals "can disrupt hormones in your body and lead to problems, things like increased risk of breast cancer, problems with fertility." ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles in soil and water can significantly increase how much toxic chemicals plants and human intestinal cells absorb, according to two new studies from Rutgers Health ...

President Donald Trump said Friday that he would sign an executive order “ending the ridiculous Biden push for paper straws, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper ...

The government is considering introducing national-level legislation under the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) to tackle plastic ...

“And it’s not an easy thing to measure.” Some plastic pollution enters the environment in already tiny pieces, called nurdles, which are melted down by the billions to make products each yea ...