Seven states have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility laws to make companies pay for their plastic. One industry leader says it's time for federal action.

Our new study set out to understand what happens to large pieces of floating plastic once they enter the ocean. We developed ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a ...

Mayor Josefina Belmonte, a 2023 Champion of the Earth laureate, expounds her numerous efforts to tackle plastic pollution ...

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This plastic-eating, self-powered robotic fish could mark the beginning of a new era in environmental cleanup, in which ...

The League of Women Voters, American Democracy Project and Chemistry Club at the State University of New York at Fredonia ...

Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and cleanup, a new study shows.

Scientists have discovered a groundbreaking new way to give old plastic bottles a second life — one that could help clean the ...

The country's strategic roadmap to gradually reduce plastic pollution is being strengthened to protect the environment and ...

Plastics will not only choke coastlines but also incubate antibiotic resistance, disrupt food webs and infiltrate the human ...

Scientists predict it could take more than 100 years to remove plastic waste from the ocean's surface, according to new study ...