Smart policies and innovation—not bans—can reduce waste and build a circular plastics economy that maximizes the value of plastic.

Around 100 billion plastic beverage containers are sold in the United States each year — much of which ends up in landfills and waterways, polluting the environment and endangering wildlife. Studies ...

Today, the Council and the European Parliament provisionally agreed on a regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets ...

Most plastics used today – roughly 75% – are made of semicrystalline polymers. These materials have a layered structure that ...

A new report by Oceana warns plastic foam has become an “ever-present part of modern life” and must be phased out at a local, ...

Opinion: Wake Forest University School of Law's Sarah Morath says the federal response to plastic pollution means state and ...

"Alarming" levels of microplastic have been found in major rivers across Europe according to scientists in 14 studies ...

While much of the conversation around plastic pollution focuses on recycling and cleanup efforts, these approaches address ...

As dismissal bells rang and a light mist began to fall on the students playing pickup football in front of River Oaks Elementary School Tuesday afternoon, three students continued their work indoors.

People living in areas with heavier microplastics pollution had ... as larger pieces of plastic break down, and can come from ...

Early studies suggest that plastic particles are influencing human blood pressure, a condition linked to serious ...