Two new studies this month have highlighted that plastic is no longer simply travelling through our world in rivers and ...

Wintering gulls at a protected lake in southern Spain are depositing an estimated 530 kg of plastic into the wetland each ...

An environmental advocacy group said going a day without using plastic is nearly impossible, which is exactly the problem.

The food industry giant is on trial before a criminal illegally dumping plastic bottles that contaminated the soil and water ...

A new study found that eating kimchi may help remove nanoplastics from your body. The bacteria in kimchi bind to the particles and remove them from your gut.

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway also used by fungi.

Hungry gulls do not only steal our chips and sandwiches. They learn our habits, and look for reliable sources of food. That ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

March 23, 2026 / For decades, the economics of plastics have been deceptively simple: virgin resin-derived from oil and gas-has been cheaper, more reliable, and easier to scale than recycled ...

Recycled plastics are promoted on everything from water bottles and fleece jackets to shopping bags and yogurt cups: "This ...

A free online calculator shows the number of seabirds, turtles and marine mammals you help protect by cleaning up plastic ...