Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, thanks to the overwhelming rise in production of disposable plastic products. Plastic pollution is most visible in ...

Microplastics are no longer a distant threat. New scientific data reveals how these toxic fragments have spread from pristine ...

Quantifying the dangers of plastic pollution in the seas and nature, a team of researchers in a new study estimates ...

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, urges mobilizing finance, policy reform, and circular solutions to tackle plastic ...

At twice the size of Texas, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is continuing to grow, posing as a serious threat to the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...

It takes 200 years for polyester clothing to break down meaning that every piece of polyester clothing ever made still exists today. Even for the most conscious consumers, it can be a challenge to ...

Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World Bank estimates that every person on the planet generates an average of 1.6 pounds (0.74 kilograms) of plastic waste daily. To ...

The ocean works quietly every day to protect life on Earth. It absorbs heat from the atmosphere, stores massive amounts of ...

Russian scientists have proposed a new way to detect plastic debris hidden under the surface of the ocean. The method is ...

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in partnership with the Technical University of Braunschweig ...

Deputy Director of Human Settlement Unit at EPA Joy Hesse Ankomah, has said efforts to ban certain plastic materials in Ghana ...