As nations meet in Uruguay to negotiate a new Global Plastics Treaty, marine and forensic scientists publish new results this week that reveal the discovery of synthetic plastic fibres in air, ...

Amendments to children’s wellbeing and schools bill call for ban on Pfas and synthetic fibres over health concerns The volume of microplastics and potentially harmful “forever chemicals” in school ...

Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and the Built Environment, University of Portsmouth Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Over 100 million ...

The debate on phasing out plastic from our wardrobes has been long-running and seemingly has no end. Some internet users have recently argued that it is impossible to fully eliminate it from synthetic ...

Every second, one garbage truck full of textiles is landfilled or incinerated. Up to 85% of textiles go into landfills each year. By the time you have read this article, on average, more than 120 ...

Microplastic fibers discovered in samples (air, seawater, sediment and sea-ice) from the last remaining pristine environment on Earth. As nations meet in Uruguay to negotiate a new Global Plastics ...