"Today, seabirds can't escape the deadly reach of plastic pollution." ...

More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lake water isn’t regulated, ...

Photo Credit: iStock Waiākea Hawaiian Volcanic Water is facing a lawsuit over advertising that presented its bottled water as ...

As global concern over plastic pollution intensifies, a growing share of the problem is tied not to where waste is discarded, but where it begins.

In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as much as 20% of global oil production and use up 15% of the annual carbon ...

A new study has found concerning findings that presence of microplastics in heart arteries could cause severe heart attacks.

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people's bodies, according to a new study that also ...

The world currently produces more than 50 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic waste each year, and some researchers project this flood of pollution into the environment will double by mid-century.

Images of plastic pollution The images of plastic pollution that are sometimes used by media are emotive and powerful, reaching vast numbers of people. The BBC's Blue Planet II, which was broadcast ...

Bhumi Pednekar says the monsoon doesn't create pollution—it reveals it, urging people to reduce plastic waste and make ...

California's new packaging law shifts recycling costs to manufacturers. Regulators say consumer impacts may be limited, while ...

The research suggests that smoking as well as breathing polluted air could facilitate the entry of these tiny particles into ...