Plastic is a wonder material that has molded itself to fit a wide variety of applications. But it comes with a host of ...

More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lake water isn’t regulated, and manufacturers are moving to dramatically increase the amount of plastics ...

These tiny plastic beads go down the drain, eventually making their way to rivers, lakes, and the ocean at a rate of eight ...

Countries need shared plastic data so global rules can track production, chemicals, recycling, waste, and pollution more ...

Leaked internal memos reveal how a packaging alliance drove a widespread lobbying and marketing campaign to dismantle ...

"When that information is provided to kids, it obfuscates the true impacts of plastic pollution." ...

Since China banned the import of plastic waste in 2018, plastic pollution has been having a growing impact on the people and ecosystems of Latin America. As the region imports an increasing amount of ...

In a paper published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, researchers at Kyushu University report on what happens when wharf roaches, a common shoreline scavenger, eat expanded polystyrene (EPS).

Replacing a filling or shaving down a crown is a routine part of dental care. But those procedures can also send plastic ...

Kia has renewed its electric vehicle (EV) fleet supplied to The Ocean Cleanup, a global non-profit organisation dedicated to ...

September 19th, 2026 is International Coastal Cleanup Day - we explain why plastics in oceans is a problem and what you can ...

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