A new study by the University of Portsmouth shows that plastic items make up more than seven in ten pieces of litter recorded ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...

A new study determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste -- plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution -- by 91% and plastic-related ...

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of ...

This case study highlights how Barbados tackled plastic pollution through three key factors: embracing comprehensive policies ...

Leaders from around the world have gathered in Busan, South Korea this week in hopes of finally striking a global treaty to reduce the world’s growing level of plastic pollution. Negotiations began ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a ...

SCIENTISTS at the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) have built a prototype house made from radiation-processed plastic waste that may help address ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

A new study by the University of Portsmouth shows that plastic items make up more than seven in ten pieces of litter recorded ...