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

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

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published ...

A team of Japanese researchers has successfully developed a new type of plastic that is strong, transparent and, above all, ...

Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of Thiruvananthapuram in India’s ...

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.

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

The world produces over 100 million tons of plastic a year, which could take hundreds of years to fully degrade, but ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Shedd Aquarium is working to keep Chicago beaches and waterways free of garbage and trash. They are ...