Plastics are becoming more present in the seas and oceans around the world. The Mediterranean — a semi-enclosed marine basin ...

Microplastics are in our water, air and seafood. It's been recently discovered to be in chewing gum, too. Here's what to know ...

Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity ...

University of Manchester scientists have discovered significant concentrations of microplastics in the male reproductive ...

Biodegradable plastics, such as polylactic acid (PLA), were introduced as an alternative. However, PLA takes too long to ...

A group of scientists in Japan has created a new form of plastic that combines the strength required for everyday use with ...

What comes to mind when you see crows perched on electric wires, suddenly getting electrocuted or labourers toil under the ...

While recycling aims to reduce plastic waste, the practice itself could be making matters worse by producing an even more ...

New Africa – stock.adobe.com While plastic was villainized as a threat to wildlife and oceans, the nature of the paper alternative — which disintegrates with prolonged contact with a beverage ...

A previously hidden under-sea ecosystem has been revealed after an iceberg broke away from the George VI Ice Shelf, a massive glacier on the Antarctic ice sheet. Researchers from Schmidt Ocean ...

The government's Deposit Return scheme also aims to reduce can and bottle waste, with households being paid to recycle plastic and metal bottles and cans under a new bottle-return scheme set to come ...