Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Shedd Aquarium is working to keep Chicago beaches and waterways free of garbage and trash. They are ...

Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

Plastic is not only littering Louisville roads and waterways, it is impacting our health. Join the global 'Plastic Free July' movement.

The problem is getting worse, with plastic pollution expected to soar in the coming decades. So in 2022, U.N. member states said they'd write a legally binding agreement to keep plastic waste out ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups.

The world's oceans and waterways are littered with millions of tons of plastic pollution – but scientists in a study released Thursday say we should think twice before cleaning them up.. In fact ...

By Max Martin As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of ...

Correction — An earlier version of the headline misstated how much plastic pollution is dumped into the ocean. It is 2,000 truckloads each day. This story has been updated. Credits.