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

Countries are currently negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution and make plastics safer and more sustainable.

Plastic-Free Dunfermline leads drone-captured protest July 13, joining Dalgety Bay, Queensferry events urging action on plastic pollution.

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Wida Widiarti has spent her entire life near the Citarum River on Indonesia's main island of Java. That means she has ...

"I was doing some gardening in my 1950s house in the UK when I pulled this out of the dirt, not too deep down. There is ...

Despite this, plastic production is projected to expand by as much as three times by 2060. Within a decade, global carbon emissions from plastic production could outpace that of coal-fired power.

Scientists have developed a new method to identify and map plastic waste in urban areas using satellite imagery, offering new ...

This research could represent the first documented case of paracetamol production from plastic waste using E. coli bacteria.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — South of Gaza City, along the Sea Road that runs beside the Mediterranean, Palestinian youth are producing fuel by melting plastic in makeshift burners. With limited ...

Mohammed Najm prepares a makeshift burner used to extract fuel from melted plastic to sell along the Sea Road south of Gaza City, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) 24,739 people ...