The ocean plastic that washes up on Hawaii’s beaches is recycled into asphalt to pave roads. The roads are then tested for ...

In places like Indonesia, plastic refuse is often burned in unregulated low-tech furnaces that pose grave health risks.

Lab gloves contaminate microplastics research with stearate salts that mimic plastic signatures, creating false positives ...

Scientists have discovered that the ocean’s “missing” plastic hasn’t vanished—it has broken down into trillions of invisible nanoplastics now spread through water, air, and living organisms. These ...

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 ...

The ocean surface retains a stubborn trace of our plastic waste. Even if we were to stop all pollution today, these residues would persist for decades, or even more than a century. This worrying ...

A NASA mission designed to study dust is now helping scientists track plastic pollution, from space. Climatologist Marina ...

Plastic waste is projected to triple by 2060, with its use known to impact health and cause damage. It is a topic for world leaders meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, who this week have been discussing a ...

A Blueprint for Turning Waste into Wealth The ever-growing mountain of plastic waste poses a severe threat to global ...

On 31 March 2026, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (“MoEFCC”) notified the Plastic Waste Management ...

Plastic wastes are wreaking havoc on biodiversity, with debris harming wildlife and coastal communities relying on marine resources. Participants shared ...