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.

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 accounted for 11 percent of branded plastic pollution in the world, according to a study, and is one of the world’s ...

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