Plastic pollution in the ocean could remain on the water's surface for more than a century, a new study has found. Scientists ...

As technological advancements contribute to more facilities mechanically or chemically recycling film, lacking end markets ...

There is no shortage of news about plastic’s ubiquity or its harms. Microplastics are in clouds, drinking water, playgrounds and our blood. Marine mammals are entangled in and ingest plastic at ...

Large, buoyant plastic items degrade over decades, shedding microplastics as they go. These tiny fragments may eventually ...

Plastic pollution is a severe problem around the globe as it continues to harm our environment and daily lives. But what are our city and state doing to help fix this global issue? Globally, the world ...

In the plastic recycling industry, the casualties keep coming. Waste management company Biffa's Sunderland plant closed in ...

Plastic is literally everywhere: It shows up in the ocean, in our communities, even in the human body. And because plastics can break down into microplastics — and even nanoplastics — it easily ...

“People often assume that plastic in the ocean just sinks or disappears. But our model shows that most large, buoyant ...

Scientists predict it could take more than 100 years to remove plastic waste from the ocean's surface, according to new study ...

A group of Clean Rivers volunteers working together to map plastic waste on the riverbank. Credit: Schone Rivieren. What motivates citizens to participate in a citizen science project on plastic ...

From banning single-use plastics to investing in waste-to-energy projects and introducing one of the region’s first circular ...

Once upon a time, before marijuana became legal (or partly legal) in most of the U.S., the only plastic involved with a pot transaction might have been a small baggie and a disposable lighter. (Or, ...