“This is incredibly exciting, as up to now we have not had a tool for detecting plastics in coastal environments from space,” ...

One of the arguments against the city mandating the use of clear plastic garbage bags is that they cost more than opaque bags ...

A Duke graduate student led the research into whether ocean plastic trash -- which is routinely found in the guts of stranded ...

Long one of the world's top sources of ocean plastic, the Philippines is hoping new legislation requiring big companies to ...

Los Angeles County announced last week that it’s suing PepsiCo and Coca-Cola over plastic pollution, arguing that the soda giants’ plastic bottles have harmed public health and the environment and ...

I don’t know if you guys know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the ocean. Yeah, I think it’s ...

Despite pledges to curb plastic waste imports, Malaysia remains one of Europe's top dumping grounds. Will the EU's upcoming export ban make a difference?

BPDI tool identifies plastic on beaches from satellites by analyzing light reflections. This innovation supports targeted beach clean-ups.

Australian researchers have developed a new method for spotting plastic rubbish on our beaches and successfully field tested ...