Did you know that there's a garbage patch twice the size of Texas floating in the Pacific Ocean? What's more, this trash pool ...

One has roughly 6 percent lactic acid (P6LAHB) and another 13 percent (P13LAHB) near Hatsushima Island, Japan. A standard ...

Representatives from 175 countries will gather in Geneva, Switzerland, in August for the final round of negotiations on a ...

Even in communities that pride themselves on their cleanliness, litter – especially plastic pollution – persists.

For years, scientists have struggled to solve the "plastic paradox"—the mystery of millions of tons of missing plastic.

Researchers have demonstrated a new eco-friendly plastic that decomposes in deep ocean conditions. In a deep-sea experiment, ...

Researchers have demonstrated a new eco-friendly plastic that decomposes in deep ocean conditions. In a deep-sea experiment, the microbially ...

A leatherback sea turtle was spotted near Haida Gwaii, a collection of islands off B.C.'s northwest coast, and ...

Researchers have developed a new bioplastic that can be broken down by bacteria in marine environments to form ...

Conservationist Ying Pemika Choovanichchanon holds a small basket in her hands, careful not to disturb the leathery brown ...

The second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) is scheduled to take place at the Palais des Nations in ...