The study authors emphasized the need to carefully evaluate pavement materials. Researchers issue warning after examining stormwater runoff: 'These results demonstrate the need to ... mitigate the ...

Plastic pollution charity City to Sea, has teamed up with plastic-free chewing gum company Nuud, headed up by BBC Dragon’s ...

Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching ...

Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey have discovered microplastics in Antarctic snow near remote glaciers. This ...

Campaigners are urging the UK government to ban chewing gum that contains plastic. Yes, you read that right - chewing gum can ...

Plastic campaigners have sent an open letter to environment secretary Steve Reed calling for a ban on plastic chewing gum.

Study leader Dr Kirstie Jones-Williams, a PhD student working with British Antarctic Survey (BAS), said the findings ...

paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President Donald Trump waded into the issue when he signed an executive order ...

Plastic pollution is one of the top global environmental problems, leading to an estimated 19 to 23 million tons of plastic waste polluting lakes, rivers, seas and oceans across the world ...

A British invention developed near to Rachel Reeves’ constituency in Leeds could solve the world’s biggest cause of plastic pollution. Campaigners want the UK government to force cigarette ...

(Getty Images/iStockphoto) The research, presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting in Denver, raised urgent questions about the role of plastic pollution in pregnancy ...