Community-led research from UC Santa Barbara’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents ,and eight ...

Nanoplastics entered the Atlantic via rivers, sunlight-driven plastic breakdown, and even through the air with rain or dust.

"It is our hope that we find ways to build more bridges than we seem to have burned in the last sessions of negotiations," ...

Most of the plastic bottles and caps that pollute the Pacific coasts of Latin American countries are of local origin, and are ...

The United States is in a country-wide state of plastic paralysis. Sustainable plastic alternative UBQ Materials has one ...

Imagine a world where the air is clean, the water is pure, and wildlife thrives in natural habitats untouched by human waste. Now, imagine the reality, especially as we approach World Conservation Day ...

Millions of tons of plastic in the ocean aren't floating in plain sight—they're invisible. Scientists have now confirmed that ...

The U.S. produces more plastic waste than any other country in the world. Last year, more than 35,000 tons of it was shipped ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have engineered a strain of Escherichia coli that relies on small molecules from waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles to survive. The ...

A new study estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone has a staggering 27 million metric tons of nanoplastics.

Plastic particles less than one micrometre in size are found across the globe – from the peaks of the Alps to the depths of the oceans. A research team from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ...

Biodegradable Plastics Market Key Trends PLA is biodegradable under specific conditions and is widely used in food packaging and disposable ...