Burning plastic waste for household fuel, or to manage household waste, may be far more prevalent in poor urban areas in ...

Plastic waste has quietly reshaped the oceans you depend on, and a new global study from Tulane University shows the danger runs deeper than floating bottles and bags. Scientists have now mapped ...

The UN’s new statistical guideline makes plastic visible by tracking it consistently from production and consumption to waste ...

With microplastics and nanoplastics present all over the globe, Northeast Ohio researchers overview human and animal studies ...

As plastic pollution emerges as one of the planet's most pressing environmental threats, Tulane University scientists have published the first global assessment of where plastics pose the greatest ...

Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the ...

Researcher Karin Kvale first became interested in plastic pollution when she was living in Kiel, Germany, where her young children spent part of their school days on Falckenstein beach. “Every day ...

We're surrounded by plastics and other synthetic chemicals. Are you aware of these less obvious sources?

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

Fay Couceiro receives funding from Research Councils, Industry and philanthropic organisations for work relating to microplastics and their removal from the environment. John Schofield does not work ...