Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

A report assessing state policies on plastics comes just weeks before negotiators meet to attempt to finalize a global treaty ...

As part of the SAS's People vs Plastic campaign some 500 people will form a human chain along the famous Penzance Prom to ...

Matthias Rillig’s research reveals a range of impacts of microplastics on soil-dwelling worms, bacteria, and plants—some of ...

A leading expert in the health impacts of plastic pollution and microplastics is calling on the UN to end the use of toxic ...

Slathering on sunscreen could have an invisible and until now unknown side-effect - it clings to plastic in the sea and makes ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of plastic trash. Local and state level bans on plastic bags successfully ...

New research reveals the impact of discarded plastic materials on young birds—with chicks dying after becoming entangled in ...

Microplastics have been discovered in human follicular fluid and semen, according to new research, raising concerns about ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups.