National Cotton Council initiative promotes natural fiber over synthetic materials to reduce microplastic health risks.

Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second.

Researchers developed a plant based plastic that stays strong during use but dissolves safely in seawater, leaving no ...

Genetically engineered bacteria can not only degrade plastic waste, but they can convert it into valuable industrial chemicals. There are still unknowns -- for example, how to do this at scale and how ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif (June 20, 2024) – Plastic is everywhere – more than 10 million metric tons of plastics enter the ocean each year, and the United States is ...

Negotiators from dozens of countries are in Busan, South Korea, trying to hammer out a global treaty to cut down on plastic pollution. It's their last chance before an end-of-year deadline to agree on ...

The ocean, vast and seemingly infinite, has been humanity's dumping ground for plastic waste. With 171 trillion pieces of plastic amounting to 1 million to 1.7 million tons currently floating in it, ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, Calif (June 30, 2023) – More than 10 million metric tons of plastics enter ...

So how much more plastic are you willing to consume? I’m sure most of you are aware of the environmental consequences of ...

The good news about plastic pollution is that public awareness has become widespread of the gravity and harm of pollution by this now-ubiquitous manmade material. As a result, most people want to see ...

Each year, an estimated 24 billion pounds of plastic flow into the world’s oceans. What often looks like floating debris to ...

Within 15 years, a garbage truck's worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second.