There are thousands of tons of plastic floating in the oceans. One group trying to collect it just got a boost.
The accumulated floating plastic known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 620,000 square miles — ...
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New Starbucks cups reduce plastic and water waste while bettering accessibility to the visually impaired
Starbucks unveiled a new cup lineup that the company says will keep more than 13.5 million pounds of...
Critics call out plastics industry over "fraud of plastic recycling"
Jan Dell is a former chemical engineer who has spent years telling an inconvenient truth about plast...
Study maps "forever chemical" water contamination hotspots worldwide, including many in U.S.
Sydney —— Dangerous concentrations of long-lingering "forever chemicals" have been found in surface ...
Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf
The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling woul...
Experts explain health concerns about micro- and nanoplastics in water. Can you avoid them?
A recent study found bottled water contains far more pieces of plastic — tiny bits known as micropla...
Millions of tiny plastic nurdles prompt fears of "major troubles" in Spain after falling from vessel
Hundreds of people in the northwest Spanish community of Galicia are working to clean up millions of...
Billions of pounds of microplastics are entering the oceans every year. Researchers are trying to understand their impact.
Panama City — A team of international scientists working on a research vessel off the coast of Panam...
Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they "didn't reduce carbon emissions"
Copenhagen, Denmark — Denmark's Lego said on Monday that it remains committed to its quest to find s...
Are paper wine bottles the future? These companies think so.
Ipswich, England — A British company is replacing glass wine bottles with a unique paper alternative...
"Chasing arrows" plastic recycling symbol may get tossed in the trash
The "chasing arrows" logo is universally recognized as a sign to recycle, but the Environmental Prot...
Plastic-eating microbes from one of the coldest regions on Earth could be the key to the planet's waste problem
The planet gets covered in an estimated 400 million tonnes of plastic waste every year that won't br...
171 trillion plastic particles floating in oceans as pollution reaches "unprecedented" levels, scientists warn
A group of scientists analyzing global data collected over the past four decades have found a "rapid...
India begins to ban single-use plastics including cups and straws
NEW DELHI — India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as part of a federal ...