Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.

The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

More than 390 million plastic straws are used every day in the United States, most for 30 minutes or less, according to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper ...

Plastic pollution is no longer just an environmental ... Contaminated water used on farms, plastic-laden animal feed, and fertiliser from livestock waste may all contribute to increasing plastic ...

Those working to reduce pollution gathered in Newport ... waterways in Hampton Roads by reducing plastic pollution since they said that pollution harms animals and humans. "Eventually it finds ...

President Donald Trump said he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they "don't work" and don't last long. Instead, he wants the government to exclusively move to plastic. "It's a ridiculous ...

Between 52,000 and 184,000 metric tons of the mini plastic balls are released into ... accumulating in animals such as fish and shellfish and contributing to microplastic pollution. But as things ...

That’s the test and premise of the Cleveland premier of Ripples of Plastic, the latest documentary ... the bane of the particle pollution world. Pretty much impossible to filter out of Lake ...