CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Shedd Aquarium is working to keep Chicago beaches and waterways free of garbage and trash. They are ...

As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of Thiruvananthapuram in India’s ...

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

By Kizito CUDJOEAs Ghana grapples with rising plastic pollution, WASH Technical Specialist at World Vision Ghana Yaw Attah Arhin has called for adopting systemic circular economy solutions instead of ...

A global instrument to combat plastic waste is only the start. Coordinated action, innovative financing and consistent ...

Countries are currently negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution and make plastics safer and more sustainable.

The millions of tons of plastics, microplastics, and nanoplastics dumped into the environment over the last several decades ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

The world produces over 100 million tons of plastic a year, which could take hundreds of years to fully degrade, but ...