Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet.

The youngsters are donating bottle caps ... a new thing for Green Tree, are only available if they have leftover lids after fulfilling an order. It takes 200 pounds of plastic to make a six ...

This group collects plastic bottle caps from Green Tree Plastics in Indiana and then recycles them into benches, according to Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. The organization works with college ...

The small study comes as researchers have increasingly been discovering small shards of plastic called microplastics ...