Earth’s oceans are drowning in plastic. Humans created 311 million metric tons of the stuff in 2014, and it is expected that we’ll be making four times as much by 2050 — yet only about 5 ...

Beat Plastic Pollution, the theme for World Environment Day 2018, is a call to action for the world to come together to combat one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time.

Authorities are urging the federal government to secure a global action plan before pollution 'spirals out of control'.

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

Shocking photos of polluted rivers filled with rubbish in India, Philippines and Vietnam have emerged ahead of the annual World Environment Day June 5. This year’s theme is plastic pollution and ...

Discarded plastic bags and other trash floats above a shallow coral reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. AP Photo/Stocktrek Images. As plastic breaks down into ever-smaller pieces it also enters the ...

In its June issue, National Geographic magazine has published a selection of startling photos highlighting the vast amounts of discarded plastic, external choking the world's oceans, shorelines ...

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 ...

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.

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

McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Braddock: Yes, sir. McGuire: Are you listening? Braddock: Yes, I am. McGuire: Plastics. McGuire, a would-be mentor advising a young man about ...