New findings are raising concerns about how the tiniest particles, microplastics and nanoplastics, might be damaging one of ...

A Holly Springs teen’s startup turns recycled bottles into swimwear and removes a pound of ocean plastic for every sale.

As single-use plastic piles up in landfills and pollutes oceans, event spaces are turning to food packaging that can be washed and reused hundreds of times.

Recycled plastic pellets from polyethylene (PE) can be used when making a water bottle for instance. But we can never have full knowledge of what chemicals will end up in an item made of recycled ...

Plastic pollution poses a severe health crisis, infiltrating bodies with harmful chemicals, urging immediate action for public health protection.

Here's a rather novel way to keep trash out of landfills: engineering biologists at the University of Edinburgh have ...

Experts say that many unknowns remain. Scientists make frightening finding after analyzing droppings from variety of wild ...

You eat thousands of bits of plastic every year. Though abundant in water, air, and common foods, it’s unclear how it might affect our health.

Many people have been told at one point or another that it is a good idea to keep a supply of water in your car in case of ...