A group of scientists in Japan has created a new form of plastic that combines the strength required for everyday use with ...

Plastic waste is increasingly causing problems for fishers. Fishnets bring up bottles, propellers get tangled in bags, water ...

A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and ...

Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make drinkers happy, there are many alternatives to returning to ...

Irradiation can also complement and enhance traditional recycling methods. When combined with a chemical recycling method ...

Cola’s World With Waste” exposes the beverage giant’s increasing plastic use amid growing health and environmental concerns ...

The floor of the Calypso Deep − a 5,112-meter-deep trench in the Ionian Sea − holds one of the highest concentrations of ...

A specialist vacuum device is being used to lift plastic pellets washed up on beaches following a collision involving two ...

Sea turtle biologist and New York University Professor Genia Naro-Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make ...

Rashedul and I watch as they start tearing out handfuls of invasive water hyacinth and filling sacks with discarded plastic ...