The minuscule spheres, typically less than 5 millimeters in diameter, are the basic building blocks of nearly all plastic ...

A pollution incident where millions of plastic pellets were washed up along the Sussex and Kent coast has been upgraded, ...

Former EPA official Judith Enck explains why plastic pollution is a production problem—and how policy, not recycling, can ...

California shoppers are adjusting to a new reality at checkout counters across the state as plastic bags have been officially ...

Oceans absorb about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released by human activity every year, slowing the pace of global warming ...

A technology using bubbles —to clean up plastic pollution in waterways could be making its United States debut at the Grand ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution, which outlines opportunities to protect communities from the impacts of plastic production and ...

Humanity’s use of plastic has grown exponentially since the 1950s. Today, nine million people worldwide are employed in plastic production and processing, and while they are lightweight and affordable ...

It was a year of growing challenges as well as comeback stories in the Great Lakes. While Detroit welcomed a large new park, ...

Senior leaders from the Philippine government, international development agencies, multinational companies, and civil society ...

The Japanese government has reaffirmed its commitment to work closely with international partners in addressing the growing ...

A new law is closing what some officials have called a loophole in California’s plastic bag ban. Senate Bill 1053 was passed ...