Most people know plastic pollution is bad news. But a small group of scientists says that we should pause all ocean plastic cleanup efforts.

For years, plastic has been building up in the ocean in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Now, according to Treehugger, scientists have identified another worrying impact: The garbage is carrying ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--By 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than all fish and mammals combined. Vivreau, North America’s leading sustainable water solution, and ...

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...

Instead of focusing solely on ramping up recycling, the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act would require companies to cut the amount of plastic in their packaging—and nudge them toward ...

Plastic waste is no longer just an eyesore floating on the surface of rivers and seas. A growing body of research now shows that it is reshaping the chemistry and biology of water itself, creating ...

Scientists are working to understand the effects of microplastics and stem the flow of these toxic pollutants into the world’s bodies of water. But polymer production has an equally harmful effect on ...

While scientists are still uncovering the harmful effects of microplastics, they have been linked to fertility issues, an increase in cancer risk, liver fibrosis, and reductions in blood flow. And ...

Japan has developed a new kind of shopping bag that looks ordinary but behaves very differently from plastic. These bags are ...