Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

The amount of plastic pollution that manages to elude incineration, recycling plants, and landfills is expected to nearly double over the next 25 years.

The millions of tons of plastics, microplastics, and nanoplastics dumped into the environment over the last several decades ...

The United States ranks 90th in plastic pollution with more than 52,500 tons (47,600 metric tons) and the United Kingdom ranks 135th with nearly 5,100 tons (4,600 metric tons), according to the study.

More than 400 million tons of plastic is produced every year worldwide, half of which is designed to be used only once. Of that, less than 10 per cent is recycled. An estimated eleven million tons ...

Much plastic waste produced is single-use or packaging. Due to the difficulty of recycling plastic, less than 6% is recycled. The rest is landfilled, incinerated, or in our environment.

A bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a new study finds. Scientists hope it is a pollution solution.

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people's bodies, according to a new study that ...