Hundreds of millions of tons of plastic are produced globally every year. New research shows how that waste can be turned ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

Burning plastic waste for household fuel, or to manage household waste, may be far more prevalent in poor urban areas in developing countries than previously thought, raising serious environmental ...

PERTH, Western Australia, January 8, 2026 (ENS) – A new Curtin University-led study has shed fresh light on the number of households in developing countries that are burning plastic as an everyday ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sweeping global study shows plastic pollution threatens ocean life in complex and often hidden ways. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Oil is a key feedstock for everything from plastics to cosmetics. Over time, we’re likely to see less oil burned for ...

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review of the ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

Negotiations over a global plastic pollution treaty collapsed Friday as countries failed to bridge wide gaps on whether the world should limit plastic manufacturing and restrict the use of harmful ...

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...