New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

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

HIS obsession with photography was so consuming that it drove a young Leo Hendrik Baekeland beyond the darkroom and into the ...

Recycled plastic pellets can release a hidden mix of over 80 chemicals into water, disrupting hormones and fat metabolism in ...

Taken together, the findings mean that bag bans and fees aren’t a plastic panacea but do matter. “These plastic bag policies ...

Turkish free diver Şahika Ercümen dives amid plastic waste on the Ortaköy coastline to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the oceans, and to observe the conditions in the Bosphorus Strait ...

Countries are racing to finalize a U.N. treaty to end plastic pollution Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry.

Plastic pollution is a big theme in the “Conservation - Impact” category of this year’s Ocean Photographer Of The Year competition. Another selected finalist, Rebecca Douglas, captured a ...

Image of polar bear with plastic hanging from its mouth shortlisted for Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024 award. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline litter, but research has found they aren't enough to solve global plastic ...

These countries produce the most plastic pollution in our oceans – and they’re not the ones you might have guessed. Trillions of pieces of plastic are estimated to float in oceans around the world ...

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.