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 ...

Freshwater tidal marshes, critical for wildlife and coastal protection, are now serving as microplastic catch basins, ...

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

As noted by Euractiv, according to the European Mussel Producers Association, shellfish may be exposed to contaminants and possible "cocktail-effects" from pollution. A science brief from the European ...

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

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.

Sam Shoemaker completes a 26-mile ocean crossing in a vessel made of mushrooms, pointing to fungi as a biodegradable alternative to plastic.

Potentially thousands of tiny plastic pellets have leaked into the Congaree River, littering the waterway south of Columbia ...