Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, University of Queensland researchers have found. Dr. Elvis Okoffo from UQ's ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — Local community leaders are working to raise awareness of plastic pellet pollution, a problem that remains prevalent in the Charleston area. Advocates from the Public ...

For any effort to make a real difference in tackling plastic pollution, it’s essential to set clear, transparent, and measurable goals. Metrics such as recycling rates, reductions in plastic ...

The majority of the high mountain expedition teams are from developed countries, with their higher carbon footprint responsible for both climate change and high mountain plastic pollution," said ...

The problem of maritime plastic-waste pollution first became apparent in the 1970s. In the half-century since then, the problem has become ever more widespread, as scientific expeditions conducted by ...

The bay of Illa Grossa, located on a remote island in the Columbretes Islands marine reserve off the coast of Spain, is home to the only reef-forming stony coral species in the Mediterranean ...

Awka – An Anambra-based non-governmental organization, the Initiative for Agulu Development (IAD), has launched a massive cleanup effort to tackle plastic pollution in the state’s rivers.

Negotiators fail to reach agreement on plastic pollution treaty at talks in South Korea More than 100 countries want the treaty to limit production as well as tackle cleanup and recycling ...

Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, said: “Our mission is to rid the world's oceans of plastic pollution ... waste management and plastic prevention. It supports broader efforts ...

Scientists have long known that making plastic warms the planet. But plastic may be heating the Earth even more than we realized, according to a report released Wednesday. The Plastics & Climate ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. In 2015, video of a marine biologist pulling a plastic straw out of a turtle's nose sparked outrage worldwide ...

He is part of a team of researchers from Adrift Lab, a global unit that studies the effect of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, that has been studying the island’s birds, sable ...