At the heart of Bangladesh's recycling chain are informal waste pickers, often women, who collect, sort and trade plastic in unsafe, exploitative conditions. They face hazardous environments, ...

Many cities have implemented similar bans. Officials issue sweeping ban that will have major impact on consumers' shopping ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lisbon is the first European capital to introduce a smart reuse model aimed at preventing pollution from restaurants and bars ...

New research claims that tons of invisible nanoplastics are hiding in our oceans, raising even more concerns about plastic ...

Scientists found invisible plastic pollution across the North Atlantic Ocean. These particles harm both wildlife and humans.

Plastic Free July is designed to help people reduce their use of single-use plastics and improve recycling practices.

Researchers at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K. published a study examining the effectiveness of different protocols ...