The plastic pollution crisis has been widely blamed on a handful of Asian countries, but new research shows just how much the U.S. contributes.

Researchers examined the diet and plastic ingestion of green sea turtles inhabiting waters around the Ogasawara Islands, ...

Scientists discovered massive microplastics forming plastic clouds over Chinese cities, raising concerns about human health, atmospheric pollution and climate impacts, revealing plastics are now part ...

Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating ...

With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

Plastic is everywhere in modern society. While it has paved the way for enormous progress, the pollution it leaves behind is ...

One of Gov. Phil Murphy’s last acts in office was to sign a new law banning restaurants and other food service businesses in ...

MPs have urged ministers to boost support for UK businesses developing natural, biodegradable alternatives to plastic ...

A new study reveals that urban tributaries flowing through Wuhan are significant sources of phthalate esters, a widely used class of plastic chemicals, to the Yangtze River, highlighting previously ...

MP Helena Dollimore is launching a petition to end the use of plastic beads in wastewater treatment.

Some of China’s largest cities are wrapped in air that carries more than dust and exhaust. New research suggests that tiny ...

New research suggests microplastics are no longer just on land and in oceans but are now shaping the air above some of ...