A new Pew model tracking 52 plastics and seven microplastic sources shows the crisis accelerating, with health and climate ...

And these costs come not just in dollars and cents but also through various health threats linked to plastics — including ...

Increased toxicity from plastic pollution in a warmer climate is highly likely to be affecting whole ecosystems, with potentially disproportionate impacts on ap ...

The theme for World Environment Day 2023 on June 5 th is Beat Plastic Pollution which calls for global solutions to combat plastic pollution. World Environment Day is led by the United Nations ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif (June 20, 2024) – Plastic is everywhere – more than 10 million metric tons of plastics enter the ocean each year, and the United States is ...

Ocean plastic has hit a critical point in 2025, threatening turtles, whales, and seabirds. See which solutions still offer hope.

With plastic pollution accelerating faster than global recycling infrastructure can manage, NUTEC Plastics offers a ...

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

To reduce trash, some states want to charge companies whose packaging isn’t recyclable. Nashville is growing – and so are its piles of trash. The Middle Point Landfill, in nearby Murfreesboro, ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, Calif (June 30, 2023) – More than 10 million metric tons of plastics enter ...

Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and more hazardous problem, according to a new analysis ...

For this Earth Week event, Princeton Conservation Society is hosting the 'Project Plastic' team to speak about the impacts of plastic pollution and the technology they’ve developed to filters ...