A new analysis found that ingesting plastic can disrupt proteins that facilitate key functions in seabirds—the latest in a ...

Policies for managing plastic debris are outdated and threaten the health of people and wildlife, say Chelsea M. Rochman, Mark Anthony Browne and colleagues. Last year, 280 million tonnes of ...

A new exhibit at the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo features 15 large sculptures made from flip-flops, bottle caps and other ...

The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, a volcanic isle home to 695,000 people, has launched an ambitious anti-plastic-pollution campaign, drawing on the combined might of governments, businesses ...

There are few sights more idyllic for an international tourist than a golden sandy beach, warmed by the African sun, with the ...

The crash occurred around 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Keith Road and Bay Street, West Vancouver police said. A four-year ...

Microplastics are plastic particles less than five millimetres in size that result from the breakdown of larger plastic debris or are intentionally manufactured for use in products. The pervasive ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." The World Bank ...

In the past decade, as the world has awakened to the growing accumulation of plastic debris in our oceans, the efforts to solve the mounting crisis have been numerous, imaginative—and insufficient.

In the U.S. alone, about 4 to 5 billion plastic pill bottles are thrown away each year. That’s enough plastic to circle the Earth multiple times. While they might seem harmless, these bottles ...

More information: Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates can encode functional plastic-degrading enzymes that allow survival on plastic and augment biofilm formation., Cell Reports (2025). DOI ...

These tiny micro- and nanoplastic particles are produced during industrial processes or formed as larger plastic debris breaks down in the environment, such as in oceans and soils. Plastic ...