President Donald Trump says he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they "don't work" and don't last very long.

If only the story had ended there. Despite that legislative success, the poorer nations of the world have never stopped being ...

Eli Hanechak claims to have a patent pending on an enzyme mutation that could accelerate the breakdown of plastic waste.

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

Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean.

US President Donald Trump reversed a target set by his predecessor Joe Biden to eliminate plastic straws across government ...

Scientists found plastic particles in nearly all seafood samples. Smaller species like shrimp had more contamination.

A viral turtle video sparked a global movement and inspired millions to join the fight against plastic waste. View on ...

Oceana’s U.S. plastics campaign director, Christy Leavitt said President Trump is “going in the wrong direction on single-use ...

Researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides in lettuce and human intestinal cells, raising new safety concerns about plastic pollution.

Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa recently discovered that many species of fungi isolated from Hawai‘i’s ...