Unlike more recognizable plastic waste, paint microplastics are harder to trace, making it difficult to measure their full impact. Since paint is so common, it's shedding microscopic pollution into ...

Education events at the Capitol and Civil Beat’s office, the State of the City and a contentious police commission hearing on Maui captured the attention of our photographers this week.

Members of the fishing community there believe oil pollution is affecting wildlife ... oily-looking substance with plastic containment barriers around it was visible along the edge of a section ...

"Obviously, we don't want plastic pollution on the beach, but the nurdles can be tainted with other chemicals which can be directly toxic," said Nick Acheson, a conservationist and wildlife ...

With landfills overflowing and plastic pollution choking rivers, Suhail saw an opportunity to make a difference. He founded Athar Packaging Solutions to not only recycle plastic waste but also provide ...

This is their first time aboard a ship, let alone one with a purpose. Grandly christened the Plastic Odyssey, this 40-metre long “floating laboratory” is a three-and-half year expedition that ...

pyrolysis could reduce the amount of plastic waste pollution that ends up in landfills and oceans. Additionally, converting plastic waste into usable products could help lower the production ...

The world has been waiting for a global plastics treaty since 2022, when representatives from 175 nations agreed on a mandate to create a legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution.

A low-ranking official in India outsmarted Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg during the 2016 push for the Free Basics program by simply opting out of receiving Facebook's mass emails. This revelation is ...

This salt can leach into watersheds when snow melts. Typically, “dilution is the solution of pollution,” Kaushal says, referring to the fact that heavy rainfall or releasing fresh water from ...

Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers – similar ...

Currently the plastic pollution is on the tidelines. Sadly, there is probably little that can be done about the scattered individual nurdles on beaches, but we are extremely grateful to HM Coastguard ...