Plastic is a major contributor to climate change, as the primary raw materials used in its creation are coal, natural gas, and crude oil—all leading sources of harmful emissions.

“If we look at plastic pollution in general, 40 per cent of the plastic being produced is single-use items.” However, she points out that local rules alone will never solve the problem.

Correction — An earlier version of the headline misstated how much plastic pollution is dumped into the ocean. It is 2,000 truckloads each day. This story has been updated. Credits.

Plastic-eating bacteria could combat pollution problems, scientists hope. A bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a new study finds.

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...

A photo taken on Dec. 8, 2022, in Vaasa, Finland, shows plastic pieces in frozen water. OLIVIER MORIN/AFP via Getty Images. Currently, 80 percent of marine debris is plastic, and because m arine ...

In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as much as 20% of global oil production and use up 15% of the annual ...