And we are now facing an accelerating threat that transcends borders and puts everyone in harm's way. To end the plastic crisis, the UN plastic pollution treaty must introduce new global binding rules ...

University of Portsmouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths.

In a significant step towards reducing plastic pollution, the Tiruchi City Corporation has expedited the process of disposing ...

Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers ...

A specialist vacuum is being used to collect smaller plastic nurdles strewn across Norfolk's beaches. A "retrieval operation" is under way following the crash on 10 March, the coastguard says.

ASEAN has become an attractive destination for petrochemical expansion and plastic waste exports, given its proximity to ...

Supramolecular materials that fully degrade when soaked in saltwater have the potential to help address the microplastics pollution crisis.

The first step is to segregate plastic by type. We have several machines that we built here on the ship, to transform the ship itself into a recycling factory,” says Morgane. The next step ...

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Plastic pollution has overwhelmed the world. So ubiquitous is this versatile material that it’s proving impossible to contain in landfills. Its uses are often short-lived; not much of it has ...

Supermarkets should be banned from selling products such as apples and bananas in plastic packaging, a global NGO said this week. WRAP has reiterated its call for 21 common fruit and vegetables to be ...