The new plastic, also biodegradable in soil over time, may prove useful in packaging and single-use products that often end ...

Among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines are thin plastic shopping bags, which have ...

A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University looked at plastic bag bans and fees in jurisdictions ...

Behind closed doors, in a domed conference pavilion steps away from the historic port of Nice, more than 40 ministers ...

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

In some coastal counties, a bathtub of ocean water holds 10 or more tiny plastic fragments, which researchers link to higher ...

A massive ocean survey finds plastic in every layer of the North Atlantic, revealing how deeply it has invaded marine ...

Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually help clean up shorelines.

The plan expands the scope and financial firepower of what remains the world's biggest effort to fix the growing problem.

Living in a U.S. coastal county bordered by ocean waters with very high concentrations of microplastics may increase the risk ...

Plastic waste is not only infiltrating our oceans, but also the human body in the form of microplastics. Without urgent action, the amount of plastic entering the ocean each year could reach 37 ...