Humans pollute over 10 million tons of plastic trash into oceans every year. It's estimated that by 2030 that figure could ...

Plastic pollution along coastlines is an environmental nightmare. Each year, millions of tons of plastic wash up on beaches ...

More than 400 million tons of plastic waste are produced globally every year, with less than 10% being recycled, according to ...

As countries meet in Busan, South Korea, from Nov. 25 to Dec. 1 to hammer out a Global Plastic Treaty that addresses an environmental scourge, the Philippines would do well to examine how it is ...

These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...

Many parts of Nigeria are currently experiencing floods caused mainly by improper waste disposal. Lagos State is estimated to ...

The suit is the latest in a series of high-profile legal actions California officials have taken against petrochemical ...

A global treaty to end plastic pollution may be in jeopardy, negotiators and environmentalists said Thursday, with new signs ...

A New York Supreme Court justice has thrown out an environmental pollution lawsuit against PepsiCo, in a blow to authorities ...

Last November, I posted about litigation filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James, asserting public nuisance and other claims ...

Negotiators meet in less than a month to agree on the world's first treaty to end plastic pollution, but countries remain so ...

The day we spotted the kayak was the eleventh day of our coastal research expedition and we had already collected more than ...