The larvae of lesser mealworm, a species of darkling beetle known scientifically as Alphitobius, are capable of consuming ...

"True hikers know that respecting nature means leaving no trace behind." Hiker shares photo of frustrating scene discovered ...

“I’m proud to be trash if it’s under Mr. Trump. Absolutely,” one woman told Stiefler. “It’s a statement,” the woman added later about her plastic ensemble. “It doesn’t prove that I’m not trash, it ...

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

which are only used once and come in a plastic sleeve that is thrown away, and that’s just one example. Hospitals produce ...

However, she points to one 2020 study that estimated about 23 million metric tons of plastic waste reached waterways in 2016.

Small businesses in Africa are making big strides in waste reduction and cost savings by embracing innovative recycling practices. This eco-conscious shift benefits the environment and boosts their ...

These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...

So while satellites won’t be able to spot most small individual pieces of plastic, the technique should help in discovering accumulations of the waste. “As long as there's enough plastics gathered in ...

For the most part, the industry has responded not with solutions, but with perfunctory initiatives that amount to little more than greenwashing ... require countries to reduce the amount of plastic ...