Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

The EU is preparing stricter customs controls and new codes to prevent virgin plastic from being labeled as recycled.

California has hailed itself as a leader in single-use plastic reduction and legislation. But a scuttling of its pioneering ...

Researchers warn that plastic production and emissions are driving a rising global health burden, measured in millions of lost healthy years.

Plastic pollution is everywhere—including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, ...

While it’s generally OK to store food in plastic containers labeled with a 1, 2, 4, or 5, you should try to use glass. Plastic marked with a 3, 6, and 7 should be used minimally around food to limit ...

Leaders from around the world have gathered in Busan, South Korea this week in hopes of finally striking a global treaty to reduce the world’s growing level of plastic pollution. Negotiations began ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in their quest to solve our microplastic problem. Subscribe to our newsletter ...