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

Plastic pollution has become a major crisis, with nearly 400 million tons produced globally yearly. A lot of this is for ...

The impact of this is beyond unsightly litter. Plastics are not only filling landfills but they contain toxics that leak out ...

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

Research conducted over seven years has shown that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is accumulating more plastic waste from ...

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 ...

In a new report, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) unveiled growing health and environmental risks as plastics ...