A Memorial University scientist says the mysterious white blobs washing up on Newfoundland beaches are actually gobs of ...

The day we spotted the kayak was the eleventh day of our coastal research expedition and we had already collected more than ...

The legal challenge asserts that PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have falsely promoted their products as recyclable, despite knowing the significant environmental harm plastic pollution causes. Los Angeles ...

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

CalRecycle predicted significant environmental impacts from implementing a 2022 law to reduce plastic pollution.

These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...

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: ...

This year, California sued ExxonMobil over its allegedly misleading statements about plastics recycling. Perhaps this ...

Penn State researchers found that microplastic levels in freshwater have risen with global plastic production, though they ...

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Bio-based materials may pose a greater health risk to some of the planet's most important species than the conventional ...

New research has shown that bio-based fibers caused higher mortality, and reduced growth and reproductivity, among earthworms -- a species critical to the health of soils globally -- than conventional ...