Environmental groups are concerned that rich countries are exporting plastic to poor countries in the form of “refuse-derived ...

As the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) convenes in Nairobi, Greenpeace Africa has called on the ...

New research reveals the impact of discarded plastic materials on young birds—with chicks dying after becoming entangled in ...

A new UK study has revealed a trendy home appliance used by millions of people in the UK pose a severe health risk.

Researchers built tough, compostable bacterial cellulose sheets that rival metals in strength. The material handles heat, and ...

Plastic is not only littering Louisville roads and waterways, it is impacting our health. Join the global 'Plastic Free July' movement.

Pune: The civic administration has filed only three cases against people for burning garbage in June and levied a fine of Rs ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Forty years ago, on July 15, 1985, at about 2:30 p.m., thick clouds of toxic fumes started to spread over south Cedar Rapids ...

The UK and EU countries keep sending plastic waste to Turkey as import restrictions remain largely ineffective.

A new $65 million Clean-Seas West Virginia facility in Quincy is set to convert plastic waste into fuel using a controversial ...

A waste reduction roadmap issued by the then-environment and forestry ministry in 2019 has seen little progress in its implementation as the private sector has not adhered to the plan.