The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...

Plastic has become a vital part of our lives of convenience. Yet the coffee cup lids, water bottles and bags we use once and throw away do end up somewhere -- in landfills, but also in the ocean.

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.

President Trump delights in alarming opponents and aiding friends in polluting industries By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue ...

He said: "Plastic water bottles are a single use item that get ... pieces of plastic estimated to be floating in the world's oceans. Mr Lord said he believed a "fair proportion" of the litter ...

Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey suggested using more PET plastic bottles if needed to offset President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs of U.S. aluminum imports.

Ninety-nine thousand two hundred and counting: that’s how many plastic bottle caps Bill Russo and his small army of volunteers have collected from the shoreline and other areas inside their Key Largo ...

Kia Corporation has developed the world's first car accessory made from plastic extracted from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The material was recovered ...