The innovative BeBot robot uses electric power to remove pollution from shorelines, covering 20-30 times more area than ...

"Our students find something on every transect on every beach." Researchers make disturbing discovery after analyzing sand ...

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

Taken together, the findings mean that bag bans and fees aren’t a plastic panacea but do matter. “These plastic bag policies ...

A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University looked at plastic bag bans and fees in jurisdictions across the United States to gauge their effectiveness. The researchers found ...

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University shows plastic bag bans and fees have been effective at ...

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline litter, but research has found they aren't enough to solve global plastic ...

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

A sweeping ban on smoking in outdoor public spaces is expected to help stub out the scourge of cigarette butts – France’s ...

A tiny Scottish island has become the striking launchpad for a nationwide campaign to combat marine plastic pollution. Wee ...