Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. A study published today reveals yet another hidden source of this deadly ...

Trillions of invisible plastic fragments—each smaller than a single bacterium—are polluting one section of ocean in volumes ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

A chemical commonly found in sunscreen could be making plastic in oceans even harder to break down, according to University ...

Filtered water at Bengaluru restaurants may not be as safe as assumed. A study finds that over 50% samples are contaminated ...

Biodegradable Plastics Market Key Trends PLA is biodegradable under specific conditions and is widely used in food packaging and disposable ...

Most of the plastic pollution in the oceans, Earth’s last sink, flows from land. Trash is also carried to sea by major rivers, which act as conveyor belts, picking up more and more trash as they ...

The research shows how AI algorithms can increase the efficiency of plastic removal by more than 60 percent – a significant leap that brings the dream of plastic-free oceans closer to reality. AI ...

The bad news is that most of it will take centuries to decompose. Here’s a look at how long some everyday plastic items take to decompose based on a graph from Visual Capitalist.

The rise in plastic waste, including microscopic plastic floating in our oceans, is pushing more than 160 nations to develop a global plan to dramatically reduce the world's growing piles of plastic.

Countries are meeting in South Korea this week to hash out the final details of a global treaty aimed at eliminating plastic pollution — here's what experts say it needs to include ...