New research reveals that PET-based glitter microplastics can actively influence biomineralization processes in marine ...

The documentary tells the stories of two states with a major stake in the plastics economy: Louisiana and Pennsylvania. The ...

Oceana estimates Coca-Cola will release 1.33B pounds of plastic into oceans by 2030. The company dropped its reuse pledge.

Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar to the plastic material used in car ...

Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity ...

In Amsterdam, birds are increasingly using materials available in the urban environment, including plastic packaging.

Plans in England to introduce a deposit return scheme have been pushed back to 2027 but one part of the country is leading ...

A research group led by Prof. DANG Fei from the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in ...

By coring the seabed at 850 m water depth in Disko Bay off Greenland's west coast, researchers from the University of ...

"The size of the faucet highlights the magnitude of the problem. It makes the problem impossible to ignore. We're used to throwing things 'away'--but when we're confronted with what happens when 'away ...

Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate ...

On a busy morning in November 2024, a dramatic scene unfolded in a supermarket in Banani, Dhaka. Government officials, armed ...