These tiny plastic beads go down the drain, eventually making their way to rivers, lakes, and the ocean at a rate of eight ...

Plastic is a wonder material that has molded itself to fit a wide variety of applications. But it comes with a host of ...

Countries need shared plastic data so global rules can track production, chemicals, recycling, waste, and pollution more ...

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people's bodies, according to a new study that also ...

"When that information is provided to kids, it obfuscates the true impacts of plastic pollution." ...

Geneva — Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement during talks that extended into Friday in Geneva. Nations were meeting ...

Leaked internal memos reveal how a packaging alliance drove a widespread lobbying and marketing campaign to dismantle ...

Since China banned the import of plastic waste in 2018, plastic pollution has been having a growing impact on the people and ecosystems of Latin America. As the region imports an increasing amount of ...

Global leaders call meeting after plastic is found from the Arctic to the Antarctic, urging companies to take action ...

Ocean plastic pollution is accidentally on the menu for southern giant petrel chicks. Even small nibbles of it may affect ...

At just 17, Canadian student Moroti Adegboyega has turned an unusual fascination with magnetic ‘black goo’ into a robot ...

Kristi West, a lead researcher from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Health and Stranding Lab, shares about her study of ...