Volunteers are continuing to help clear plastic and foam from beaches in West Sussex after several shipping containers washed ...

The outlook is grim, but a new report lays out a path to nearly eradicate plastic packaging pollution within the next 15 years.

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Hidden microplastic pathways escalate contamination far faster. Keep reading on The WiC Project Lifestyle Blog & Miriam's ...

Currently, the world produces more than 380 million tonnes of plastic a year, with 42 percent of this used for packaging. And the statistics on that plastic post-use are dismal: Only 9 percent of all ...

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 ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Gov. Tina Kotek signed two bills into law Monday to address the growing environmental and public health impacts of single-use plastics, which supporters said positions Oregon as a ...

Mourners gather around the coffin at a performance of artist Anne-Katrin Spiess' "Death by Plastic" in front of South Station. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Environmental activists gathered in front of South ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably picked up on a growing anxiety around plastic pollution. What does all this plastic pollution mean for the health of people and the planet? And ...

There are always a few cloth bags in the trunk of my motorbike, and food containers in my backpack. When a vendor hands me a ...

In 1869 an innovative new material was created: plastic. Initially envisioned as a substitute for ivory in making billiard balls, the versatility of this new material has seen it applied to almost ...