Binning gum is not the solution either. Addressing gum as a plastic pollutant dictates that the prevention of gum pollution ...

Every year, an estimated 2.5 billion nurdles – lentil-sized plastic resin pellets – enter Port Phillip Bay through stormwater ...

One study showed that predominantly Black communities are often located near plastic factories and incinerators. In these areas, the risks of cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, childhood ...

To end the plastic crisis, the UN plastic pollution treaty must introduce new global binding rules to regulate production and consumption. These rules must include measures to ban, phase-out, ...

Researchers are using air moisture to combat plastic pollution. This new technique efficiently breaks down PET plastics.

A bill in Olympia would make Washington’s recycling system transparent, accessible to more people, and cut out plastic and ...

The researchers will immerse plastic films in freshwater samples (taken from a canal in Lowell) and expose them to ...

Plastic waste is a huge problem, with bags and packaging a major culprit. A Bay Area startup has figured out a way to replace ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over ...

The Blue Paradox’ exhibit, sponsored by SC Johnson, immerses visitors in the global crisis of plastic pollution, while ...

NIBONG TEBAL: Complaints from residents about plastic pollution at Bukit Panchor Industrial ... plastic odour believed to be emitted from the factories, which has been a concern since May." ...