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 ...

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

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

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

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

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups.

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

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

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