Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in ...

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Microplastics were found in Antarctica’s only native insect, highlighting how plastic pollution has spread into remote land ...

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, urges UNEA-7 to act boldly for a sustainable future, stressing that environmental ...

New research tallies the hidden health, environmental and economic impacts of litter — and why upstream fixes matter.

A volcanologist answers your questions about glass-shard hairballs, cooking breakfast over lava, Gollum's end on Mount Doom, ...

The ubiquitous plastic beverage bottle makes up about half of plastic waste collected for recycling in the U.S. Most recycled ...

Dubai is rolling out another phase of its single use plastic ban as of Thursday January 1 - and it's going to have a big ...

Certain single-use plastics may soon be banned in the City of Santa Barbara. Items include small plastic water bottles, mylar ...

A bill in New Jersey states that dining establishments would be required to offer reusable and wash utensils. Customers would ...

Sydney Sweeney addressed long-running plastic surgery rumors during a recent interview with The Housemaid co-star Amanda ...