Plastic waste carried by flash floods has built up along the Dead Sea’s shrinking shore, creating natural rings that reveal ...

And these costs come not just in dollars and cents but also through various health threats linked to plastics — including ...

Environmental policy expert and environmental justice champion Judith Enck says in a new book that it’s possible to move ...

From balloons to wrapping paper, everyone tends to produce more waste this time of year. We asked two scientists for tips on ...

Significant disputes remain about the scope of any treaty, but everyone agrees that negotiations can’t continue as they have ...

With those talks set to resume next month in Geneva—and plastic production expected to triple by 2060—leading environmental health and policy experts are urging world leaders in the new issue of the ...

The fact that plastics pollute the environment and generate problems has been well-researched in many areas. However, there is little information on the impacts of plastics on climate and biodiversity ...

A recent spill of bio-beads—small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s—has brought ...

As the planet drowns in plastic waste, companies are devising bizarre alternatives, including stretchy seaweed, reverse vending machines and bamboo utensils, to save us all. Plastic waste often does ...

For scientist Terra Miller-Cassman, developing a material that could replace single-use plastics is a lot like baking. It includes things like measuring, heating and mixing. “I’m a much more precise ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Microplastics are pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters across, shown here in sand washed up on a beach. (Getty) While photos of littered beaches and floating garbage patches are unsettling, ...