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.

Amid a global plastic-pollution crisis, artist Erik Jon Olson turns his own plastic waste into quilted works of art in which ...

By Kizito CUDJOEAs Ghana grapples with rising plastic pollution, WASH Technical Specialist at World Vision Ghana Yaw Attah Arhin has called for adopting systemic circular economy solutions instead of ...

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.