Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, urges UNEA-7 to act boldly for a sustainable future, stressing that environmental ...

Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies ...

A new Pew model tracking 52 plastics and seven microplastic sources shows the crisis accelerating, with health and climate ...

Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and more hazardous problem, according to a new analysis ...

The outlook is grim, but a new report lays out a path to nearly eradicate plastic packaging pollution within the next 15 ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic it takes to be a lethal dose.

Exclusive: Cove has developed a fiber-based bottle platform that is designed to be recycled like paper. They plan to make ...

Scientists say global warming can accelerate the spread of microplastics, which threaten the health of people, plants and ...

It makes sense to Jill Bartolotta that the volume of plastics in Lake Erie has gone up. For nine years - ending last June - she was the emerging contaminants specialist at Ohio State University’s Sea ...

National Cotton Council initiative promotes natural fiber over synthetic materials to reduce microplastic health risks.

Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second.

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...