A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into our brains, and that their concentrations are rising.
In early December 2024, hopes for a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution were dashed as negotiations in South ...
They found that the concentrations of particles in kidney and liver samples were comparable, with an average of 433 ...
New study shows plastic accumulates in the brain, as well as other body parts. Scientists don't know what impact it has if any.
When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.
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One of Scotland's biggest plastic problems, the Arrochar litter sink, sits at the head of the scenic loch.
Marine biologists diving in the Gulf of Thailand were thrilled in 2023 to rediscover several colonies of a rare type of ocean ...
It’s one of nature’s healthiest wild foods, the backbone of a major industry in the Pacific Northwest and deeply embedded in the diets and cultures of Indigenous people in the region.
Ocean County's Northern Recycling Center, one of 60 Polypropylene Recycling Coalition grantees across the country, is now on track to recycle at least 26 times the amount of polypropylene it did in ...
California voters support S.B. 54, and 63% believe the state must expand and improve the state's recycling infrastructure to ...
Our time in Busan confirmed that the two-year fast track for a global plastics treaty was too aggressive—unsurprising when ...