Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient ...

Every egg case examined contained plastic particles, raising urgent questions about how pollution may be affecting sharks ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...

Beaches worldwide are experiencing it. Residents sound alarm as remote island beach chokes on unnatural products: 'It's a ...

A RECENT feature story by Euronews has revealed the shocking extent of plastic pollution on Earth. The world has known for some time that microplastics, the exceedingly small particles of plastic ...

Plastic pollution remains one of the world’s most challenging environmental problems. Plastic pollution has been found ...

Nick Beckage, a graduate researcher, Davin Louangaphay, a research assistant, and Philippe Amstislavski, a professor of health sciences, stand among spruce trees on the University of Alaska Anchorage ...

KTLA’s new ocean conservation series ‘Saving Our Seas’ dives into one of the largest and most worrisome issues facing our planet… the plastic problem. It’s a compounding catastrophe that has already ...

Liz Berry discusses the dangers of plastic pollution, the promise of EPR, and her hopes for accessible recycling and ...

Countries on Saturday elected Chile's COP climate summit chief negotiator to revive stalled talks on striking a landmark ...

A study by the Asian Development Bank shows how everyday plastic waste in China’s Mulan River Basin is washed from land into rivers and eventually the ocean, with solid waste and agricultural plastics ...

With millions of tons of plastic covering the seafloor, and more added every year, plastic pollution in the oceans is a major problem. With this amount of waste, we are ruining Earth's oceans and ...