Microplastics are now in almost everything we touch, from food and seafood to water, clothing, kitchenware and the workplace.
Business Waste used the latest studies to create shocking images that illustrate how high levels of microplastic exposure can negatively affect the human body — including your appearance.
Scientists have found plastic fragments can shed off cutting boards, takeout containers and even laminated paper cups with each use.
UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen emphasizes the urgent need for multilateral action to tackle climate change, ...
A CSIRO study has found 39% less plastic pollution in and around Australian coastal cities over ten years. It also found more ...
In recent years, heart-rending images of dead or dying sea mammals and fish, their stomachs stuffed with plastic, have ...
Recent data from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) underscores the urgency: its 2024 Tap Water Database update revealed 324 different contaminants across nearly 50,000 water systems in the U.S., ...
The elective medical industry is cashing in on plastic pollution fears, but the evidence of harm from microplastics is still ...
New research reveals that PET-based glitter microplastics can actively influence biomineralization processes in marine ...
On a busy morning in November 2024, a dramatic scene unfolded in a supermarket in Banani, Dhaka. Government officials, armed ...
Fossil fuels drive climate change, pollution, disease, species loss, and injustice. A review urges governments to stop fossil ...
The documentary tells the stories of two states with a major stake in the plastics economy: Louisiana and Pennsylvania. The ...