The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has long been described in terms of scale. In the waters between Hawaii and California, inside the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, debris drifts into a broad ...

Some Scientists Say Removing Ocean Plastic Could Backfire ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Shut off all the water flowing into Lake Erie and it would take about 2.6 years for it to run dry. Turn the spigots back on and dam the Niagara River so nothing flows out, and it ...

In the ocean, a haze made from tiny bits of dead plants, animals, and microbes hangs in the upper reaches of the water. Each particle is just a fraction of a micrometer across, but together the carbon ...

Md S Hossain is listed under a patent filed for plastic-infused asphalt. Globally, more than 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, and less than 10% is recycled. Much of the rest ends up ...

In Netflix's 'The Plastic Detox,' six couples struggling with infertility give up plastic to see if it impacts their health Netflix Six couples struggling with infertility give up plastic for three ...

From the window of a plane, or the vantage point of a migrating bird, you’d be forgiven for mistaking the Campo de Dalías for an alpine snowfield or an errant polar ice floe. But here, on the southern ...

The future of housing may lie in the plastic waste we throw away. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers are transforming recycled plastic into 3D-printed structural elements, creating ...

Recycling of flexible packaging has moved from an industry challenge to an industry imperative. In recent weeks, two major industry groups have released new reports aimed at accelerating progress on ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Microwaving plastic containers can release millions of ...