Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are working on a new way to tackle plastic pollution — using bacteria ...

Duke researchers say the science on how plastic could be affecting our health is still emerging, but there already are ways to reduce risk.

ODU's Earth Day theme was Planet vs Plastics and exploring ways to cut plastic waste through recycling and innovative ...

For Catholics seeking to reduce their own consumption of plastics, the parish often provides a first area. Hospitality gatherings after Mass and other social events offer a chance to not only ...

One of Washington’s major recycling efforts – at least in terms of involving the biggest number of people whether they want to or not – is a 2020 law that banned so-called single-use plastic carrying ...

Microplastics have the potential to become a greater headache for an apparel industry too dependent upon plastic fibers.

As the world looks to improve on all three pillars of sustainable development — economic, social and environmental — as the global population increases, countries work together to forge agreements ...

Changes to one’s food handling process can help create a “low plastic” diet, effective in significantly reducing exposure to ...

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 ...

An Australian research team is using new technology to develop hydrogen from plastic waste, in an attempt to tackle the ...

Plastic shopping bags, which have low recycling rates and often become litter when they blow away in the wind, are among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines.

Plastic debris is now a troubling reality in oceans and along shorelines worldwide. From tiny microplastics to large waste items, plastic pollution threatens marine life, ecosystems, and even local ...