What if plastics could self-destruct when their time as a useful product ends? Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are ...

The researchers will immerse plastic films in freshwater samples (taken from a canal in Lowell) and expose them to ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom this week stymied implementation of landmark state environmental legislation that would have limited the ...

Charleston  entrepreneur Tom Crowley is on a mission to end single-use plastic pollution by convincing businesses to switch ...

Current methods to recycle plastics often use expensive catalysts, harsh conditions and produce toxic byproducts. New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled ...

As plastic waste infiltrates every corner of the planet, scientists have discovered that some animals are evolving to survive — and even thrive — in plastic-polluted environments. Certain species are ...

The California governor’s direction came just ahead of the March 7 deadline to finalize the rules of the legislation ...

In the 1970s, acid rain was one of the most serious environmental threats in North America and Europe. The air was so laden ...

The US government is eschewing paper straws and going back to plastic. So why are the plastic variety restricted in many countries around the world in the first place?

To deal with microplastic pollution, it helps agencies to know what kind of plastic they’ve got on their hands.

A new study shows that microplastics facilitate antimicrobial resistance, even without the presence of antibiotics.