"This kind of source-tracking can be applied globally." Scientists make troubling discovery after studying 'mermaid tears' in ...

Plastics in the clouds, in fish guts, in our brains, in the placenta: The Earth and its inhabitants are in the midst of a plastics crisis. A global treaty to address that crisis is long overdue. A ...

Plastic pollution is often hidden in plain sight – behind positive “eco” or “recyclable” labels, within supply chains and ...

Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea. Yet the reality ...

Only about 9% of plastic is recycled. Most of the rest goes to landfills or ends up in the environment. FutureBio wants to ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface, bacteria have evolved specialized enzymes that can digest PET plastic, the material used in bottles and clothes. Researchers at KAUST discovered that a unique molecular ...

The world has a plastic problem and it seems to be getting worse. A study released in late April found that chemicals in plastics were potentially associated with as many as 350,000 heart disease ...

As plastic waste accumulates just about everywhere — in nature and in our bodies — a couple of research teams in Spain are working on breakthroughs aimed at reducing its impact. Some environmental ...

This Thursday marks World Environment Day, an annual awareness day born out of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It’s the largest global platform for environmental outreach, and this ...

Chair of the International Negotiating Committee Luis Vayas Valdivieso delivers his opening remarks, during the second part of the fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on ...

A recent presentation at SUNY Fredonia flashed some grim results of the world’s love affair with plastic. Presenter Kimberly ...

UD chemical engineer wins the AIChE Langer Prize for efforts to harness biology to manage plastic waste sustainably ...