A scientist has determined that the strange white blobs puzzling Newfoundland beachcombers are made of a plastic commonly ...

Memorial University Earth science professor Hilary Corlett says testing shows the gunk is safe to touch and she hopes there ...

Using a bouquet of five survey methods to categorise types of plastics and determine their density and distribution along the ...

The chances for a stronger international agreement on limits to plastic production may have increased dramatically as the world nears a U.N. deadline for achieving a plastics treaty. The game changer: ...

Penn State research links rising freshwater microplastics to the global increase in plastic production since the 1950s ...

Winchester MP has pledged support for tackling plastic pollution across the UK. Danny Chambers has pledged support for the initiative both locally and nationally.

Los Angeles County is suing PepsiCo and Coca-Cola claiming that the beverage giants misled consumers about the recyclability and environmental impact of their plastic bottles ...

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A research experiment from a team of students at the Community College of Allegheny County blasted off into space last night ...

The mystery behind white blobs washing ashore on eastern Newfoundland's beaches that gripped public attention this fall — and commanded international media interest along the way — has been figured ...

"It might have been an industrial adhesive or something like that at one point and it ended up in the ocean," he added ... "I would call this plastic pollution. So it's certainly a pollutant. You ...

Plastic pollution has become a growing crisis for aquatic environments, with nanoplastics emerging as particularly hazardous ...