Diapers take up a whole lot of waste. Inspired by plastic-eating mushrooms discovered 14 years ago, Tero Isokauppila created mushroom-based diapers that break down on their own.

Scientists from the Marine Biological Association and the University of Plymouth have revisited turn-of-the-century forecasts about the many and varied threats they thought were likely to face the ...

Heartbreaking photos and video footage reveal white storks - one of Europe's biggest birds - tangled up in plastic waste, rope and other harmful human debris.

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

When we think of plastic pollution, we usually picture grocery bags tangled in trees or bottles bobbing in the ocean. But a huge part of the plastic problem is invisible — tiny fragments either ...

Regardless of the patchwork of regulations aimed at limiting plastic bag use in the United States, new research indicates ...

The urgency of climate action and the provision of the requisite support, on mitigation and adaptation, as well as loss and damage, cannot be overstated. The G20 process provides an opportunity to ...

The world’s oceans—critical conduits of global commerce, reservoirs of marine biodiversity, and regulators of Earth’s climate ...

New survey finds more than a third of U.S. and Canadian respondents had decided against buying something because of ...

The plastic pollution crisis is in dire need of holistic measures that tackle waste management, improved circularity and reduced production. Only then can some substantial progress be witnessed.