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

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

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

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

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

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

By Max Martin As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of ...

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 ...

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

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

Though the locally-inspired bill didn’t make the cut in this year’s legislative session, the topic has been assigned to an ...

Eco-Kutumb was an idea that promoted green weddings using banana leaf plates, clay pots, fresh flowers, recycled paper, and ...