Just a tiny fraction of the plastic Australia uses each year gets recycled. This year’s oil shock could cause a rethink.

Plastic has become one of the defining materials of modern civilization, and it turns out that extends well beyond our ...

Burning plastic can also put a cocktail of dangerous chemicals into the air, including dioxins, polycyclic aromatic ...

Scientists have identified over 600,000 microbial proteins that can break down plastics, revealing a nearly universal ability ...

That “magic” sponge under your sink may be hiding an environmental downside. While melamine sponges are famous for ...

Shoot for the stars with the cheap and cheerful, feature-packed K&F Concept Natural Night light pollution filter ...

We're ingesting a credit card’s worth of microplastics a week. The EPA must take stronger action to protect our water from ...

One species’ trash is another’s treasure. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean is now home to dozens of ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) are everywhere. These tiny particles—formed by abrasion, fragmentation, and open burning of plastics—are found in the ocean, the Arctic, Himalayan glaciers, air, ...

At the end of summer, companies and individuals often leave behind fishing lines and crab nets, creating hazards that can ...

Measures to curb plastic pollution rely energy intensive technologies that have fallen short of reducing pollution ...

Surfers Against Sewage has released its report on the worst UK plastic polluters of 2025, as determined by analyzing trash ...