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

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

Researchers have developed a sustainability metric for the ecological design of plastic products that have low persistence in the environment. Adhering to this metric could provide substantial ...

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

A new initiative focuses on the investment and environmental value of reducing plastic waste. Trùng Khánh, a district of Cao Bằng Province in the Northeast region of Vietnam, attracts many tourists ...

Climate change is making plastic pollution more mobile, toxic, and widespread, accelerating risks for wildlife, ecosystems, and people.

This story is adapted from A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies, by Matt Simon. The year was 1863, and famous billiard player Michael Phelan was worrying about ...

If you want to discourage folks from doing something naughty, tax the hell out of it. Take cigarettes, for example: On average, in high-income countries you get a 4 percent drop in demand for every 10 ...

With its production continuing to increase at an exponential rate, our problem with plastic pollution is showing no sign of slowing down. A new study mapping mapping the movement of plastic waste has ...

First we were told: Don’t put detergent pods in your mouth. Remember the Tide Pod Challenge? Now a study says the pods aren’t necessarily an eco-friendly option for your washing machine or dishwasher.