A report in the Lancet warned that there are now eight billion tonnes of plastic polluting the Earth. But what are the ...

PET is one of the most commonly used plastics. It’s usually transparent and found in food packaging, including water and drink bottles, jars and polyester fabrics. For the most part, PET is more ...

Scientists from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University have uncovered a staggering 27 million tons of near-invisible nanoplastics drifting through the North ...

Environmentalists are constantly talking about how much plastic waste there is in the world, and with good reason. Plastic ...

Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious. What happens to the different types of plastic in the environment? Does it sink or float, become more or less ...

Talks last year in South Korea were supposed to be the final round, but they adjourned in December at an impasse over cutting ...

Microplastics are formed in a number of different ways, not the least of which is the breakdown of trash in the environment. Bits of plastic smaller than 5 mm long, they are the most prevalent ...

Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious. What happens to the different types of plastic in the environment? Does it sink or float, become more or less ...

Plastic is found in just about everything we use in modern society, but not all plastics are created equal. They come as sheets and films, fibers and pellets, bottles and bags. Those different uses ...