MICROPLASTICS — plastic particles ranging in size from large grains of sand to particles small enough to become airborne or ...

While one or two tennis balls left behind might seem inconsequential, the cumulative impact is not. Retrieving and disposing ...

Sea turtles, seabirds, and marine mammals often eat plastic, showing that we must ban single-use plastics. Microplastics also ...

In a huge step in the fight against microplastics, researchers have created a new plastic that breaks down in seawater. It ...

Along with orange peels and eggshells, people are tossing cling wrap, foam trays and other plastic food packaging into their ...

Editorial: Change is hard, especially in the “free state of Florida,” where the Legislature has put the personal freedom to ...

Journals this month looked at “fabulous but forgotten” ecosystems, hungry monkeys, lead-poisoned birds, and more — including a focus on microplastics.

Using nuclear and nuclear-derived techniques, the IAEA was able to detect microplastics at smaller sizes than previously measurable using conventional methods. “We have started a scientific campaign ...

Have scientists solved the plastic pollution crisis? A team has created a plastic that's as strong as conventional materials but dissolves completely in seawater.

LANSING – Student researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are among the five winners of an Environmental Protection Agency national contest for innovations ...

The most elegant solutions are sometimes the simplest, like using one waste product to eliminate another. By combining spent ...

Some Ewa Beach residents have been driving on a road that is partially made of recycled plastic for over two years.