Every year, we throw 300 million tons of plastic waste, which ends up in rivers and oceans, and then enters into our bodies. Plastic kills fish, birds and animals, both in water and on land. Human ...

A new study has revealed the surprising sources of seafloor plastic and how it ends up polluting ocean ecosystems.

Beachgoers may have noticed white clumps that look like soap, plastic or even chunks of cheese scattered for miles. In ...

In October 1984, volunteers on the coast of Oregon hauled away 26 tonnes of waste in a single day, most of it plastics. It ...

Seasteading is making a comeback — but these utopian paradises on the high seas have a history of failure - IN FOCUS: They ...

The world puts a lot of unnecessary microplastics into the environment − such as glitter in makeup. Even better filters in ...

In Cairo's Manshiyet Nasr — long nicknamed "Garbage City" for the piles of trash lining its streets — a new generation is ...

The poster had cut holes in the sides of an old coffee container and filled it with birdseed. Other creative bird-lovers have ...

The researchers found that an adult human brain may contain up to 7 grams of microplastics. They equated this to the weight of a disposable plastic spoon.

There's a time and a place to acknowledge the bad in the world, but that can't stop the good from shining through.

Plastic waste is sinking to the Mediterranean seafloor, creating one of the world’s biggest deep-sea pollution hotspots, a ...

Microplastics are flooding the Gulf of Mexico, threatening marine life and seafood security, new research shows.