GALVESTON, Texas – Nurdles, small plastic pellets, are a growing problem polluting beaches across Texas, including Galveston ...

“People often assume that plastic in the ocean just sinks or disappears. But our model shows that most large, buoyant plastics degrade slowly at the surface, fragmenting into smaller particles over ...

Nick Beckage, a graduate researcher, Davin Louangaphay, a research assistant, and Philippe Amstislavski, a professor of health sciences, stand among spruce trees on the University of Alaska Anchorage ...

A new research perspective highlights bamboo as a promising and sustainable alternative to traditional plastic materials, ...

Only about 9% of plastic is recycled. Most of the rest goes to landfills or ends up in the environment. FutureBio wants to ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." The World Bank estimates ...

Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea. Yet the reality ...

As plastic waste accumulates just about everywhere — in nature and in our bodies — a couple of research teams in Spain are working on breakthroughs aimed at reducing its impact. Some environmental ...

The League of Women Voters, American Democracy Project and Chemistry Club at the State University of New York at Fredonia ...

a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column and they predict it could take over 100 years ...

The second phase of the NSW government's plan to tackle the plastic pollution crisis will roll out in stages from next year ...

According to a report by the UK-based organisation Greenmatch, Asian countries remain the largest contributors to ocean plastic pollution, producing around 81% of total marine waste. Bangladesh is ...