The move would run counter to a Biden administration push to cut back on single-use plastic, which was considered a milestone ...

Charleston Waterkeeper and others have found almost 30,000 plastic pellets littered on beaches and marshes, while a bill to ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.

Without concerted action, pollution threatens to leave the Drin River and its main tributaries “lifeless”, environmentalists ...

The Ubiquity of Plastic in Our Lives Plastic has become an inevitable part of modern life. If you look around, almost everything you see has an element of plastic in it. From the water bottles we ...

A recent study found the brain has significantly higher levels of microplastics than other organs. Here is what you should ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Montgomery County, Maryland, is considering a change to its grocery bag policy that would ban plastic bags and double the fee on paper bags.

Plastic bags are everywhere—stuffed under kitchen sinks, folded in purses, or tucked into car compartments for "just in ...

That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

Researchers studied samples of human brains and found high levels of microplastics, but it's unclear how they slip past the ...

When Oregon banned retailers and restaurants from giving out plastic, single-use checkout bags in 2019, environmental groups hailed it as a big step forward in the fight against plastic waste.