Actor Jeff Bridges slammed lawmakers for using the feeding of children as a weapon during thegovernment shutdown Thursday on ...

An EcoBall match uses a real ball made from tightly woven recycled plastic bags – the “EcoBall” itself. Two or more teams ...

With plastics breaking down into microscopic particles that enter the food chain, researchers are investigating how they may ...

Plastics are everywhere -- in our brains, bloodstream, and lungs and in pregnant women's placenta, where they can cause long-term damage to a child's cognition, heart health and fertility. They're ...

Plastic is cheap to make and shockingly profitable. It’s everywhere. And we’re all paying the price. On a Saturday last summer, I kayaked up a Connecticut river from the coast, buoyed by the rising ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a ...

In response to the plastic pollution crisis, many methodologies for quantification of plastic pollution have been developed. However, the breadth of these plastic pollution assessment methodologies ...

A bizarre new type of rock containing plastic has been found across the globe, formed mainly from plastic we have created and discarded. This deposit is a combination of rock and plastic polymers from ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President ...

Researchers reveal the extent of plastic pollution on coral reefs, finding that debris increases with depth, largely stems from fishing activities, and is correlated with proximity to marine protected ...