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 ...
Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...
Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...
WASHINGTON — When it comes to laws addressing plastic pollution, the vast majority of states need improvement to reduce, reuse and recycle, according to the new United States of Plastic Report from ...
Wintering gulls at a protected lake in southern Spain are depositing an estimated 530 kg of plastic into the wetland each ...
Plastic bags tangled in trees. Takeout containers scattered along roadsides. Bottles clogging streams and waterways and washing up on beaches. Across the United States, plastic waste and pollution ...
Millions of everyday household items quietly contribute to pollution, plastic waste, and rising carbon emissions. The good ...