The World Ocean Plastic Planning Center, or “PlaPla,” is serving as a de facto educational hub for coming to grips with the severity of the plastics crisis.

A new European Heart Journal study has found that heart attack patients carry significantly higher levels of microplastics ...

This approach is far more carbon- and energy-efficient than conventional methods, according to the researchers.

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Scientists have uncovered plastic pollution in one of Earth's most isolated environments, challenging the long-held belief ...

Plastics and the long-lasting chemicals they're made of are accumulating in our oceans, leaching into our farm fields and piling up in landfills. Plastic is floating ...

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review of the ...

A Michigan beach can look spotless at first glance, but a handful of sand may reveal tiny red, blue, or white plastic ...

In a report published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, researchers from Kyushu University have for the first time, provided a clear numerical target for global efforts to tackle marine plastic pollution.

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone contains ...

Ahead of the expected finalization of a UN global plastics treaty, a group of international experts calls for a greater focus on health impacts when considering plastic pollution. The Health Policy ...

Plastic pollution is accumulating worldwide, on land and in the oceans. According to one widely cited estimate, by 2025, 100 million to 250 million metric tons of plastic waste could enter the ocean ...