Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean.

Microplastics are everywhere, including your home. Thankfully, there are things you can do to minimize your microplastic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper ...

The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...

Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles in soil and water can significantly increase how much toxic chemicals plants and human intestinal cells absorb, according to two new studies from Rutgers Health ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to ...

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

A 2021 UNEP report, ‘From Pollution to Solution’, had ... said a study it conducted in 2017 found microplastics in Delhi’s tap water. “The current water treatment systems cannot filter ...

With microplastics now permeating our food and our bodies, researchers are keen to assess the potential damage these tiny fragments could be doing. A new study shows how plastics may lead to dangerous ...