The study revealed that the behaviors prompted by the plastic bag regulations persisted even after the rules were no longer ...

“We were hoping for positive spillover effects, like customers will be more environmentally conscious and consume less ...

Very little of the world's plastic waste—about half of which comes from single-use plastics such as packaging, straws and ...

A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

It took a lot of balls to bring you this story about microplastics making a home in men’s testicles. Cloud-sourcing: Yes, ...

The researchers presented their discovery in a paper published in the journal ... "primary packaging"—that filmy plastic that protects the screen and case of your iPhone, for instance.

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution inched closer to ...

Many disposable objects are made of black plastic, which has so far proven to be very hard to recycle. US scientists have ...

“We were hoping for positive spillover effects, like customers will be more environmentally conscious and consume less one-time use plastic or paper products,” said Hai Che, an associate ...

As the last negotiations for a global plastic treaty begin in South Korea, countries are divided over whether to cap ...

A new satellite imagery technique allows scientists to see plastic on beaches from space ... system’s utility in a real-life scenario. The paper is published in the journal Marine Pollution ...