Tag: plastic pollution

Plastic waste of all shapes and sizes permeates the world’s oceans. It shows up on beaches, in fish, and even ...

Plastic can be recycled one to 10 times, depending on the type, although most can be recycled only once. The ...

A new study of airborne plastic particles finds that microplastic pollution is escalating around the world. Tiny remains of plastic ...

A new video by the Story of Stuff Project sheds light on the misconceptions around plastics, pollution, and recycling. #stopusingpalstic

The planet may be facing a new plastic crisis, similar to the one brought on by bottled water, but this ...

An absolutely brilliant young woman in Kenya has started a company manufacturing bricks from recycled plastic. #ecofriendly

Bolstering activists' demands to reduce plastic pollution worldwide, Arizona State University scientists on Monday presented their research on finding micro- ...

As the harms of BPA have become more widely known, many companies have started replacing it with other chemicals. However, ...

A new report out Wednesday from a global environmental coalition named the corporate giants responsible for the most global plastic ...

India is freeing themselves of single use plastics

Next month, the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh in the city of Ambikapur will open the country’s first “garbage café,” ...

If you aren’t actively doing anything to help reduce plastic waste, you’re undoubtedly part of the problem. There are plenty ...

Environmental campaigners on Monday welcomed the Canadian government's new plan to ban certain single-use plastics as early as 2021 and ...

In a recent report by the UK Government Office for Science titled “Future of the Sea,” a grim scenario is ...