Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to ...

More than 390 million plastic straws are used every day in the United States, most for 30 minutes or less, according to ...

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

The seaside community on Spain's Costa Dorada has become an emblem for the plastic pellet pollution crisis. Housing one of the largest petrochemical clusters in southern Europe, Tarragona's beaches ...

Charleston Waterkeeper and others have found almost 30,000 plastic pellets littered on beaches and marshes, while a bill to ...

Dame Caroline said: “As someone who enjoys our local beaches and coastal walks ... of protecting the environment and wildlife from plastic pollution.” The amendment is expected to be debated ...

Plastic Beach, an Encinitas-based nonprofit, is tackling a major environmental challenge: soft plastic pollution.

“And it’s not an easy thing to measure.” Some plastic pollution enters the environment in already tiny pieces, called nurdles, which are melted down by the billions to make products each yea ...

Negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution concluded in Busan ... to remove bottles and other material from the city’s beaches. It encourages people to bring plastic waste to a drop ...