Fu Junsheng collects plastic that washes up on China’s Miaodao islands and turns it into art that highlights the problem of ...

Plastic production largely took off in the 1950s and is credited with creating life-saving medical devices and safe food ...

With negotiations underway for a global plastics treaty, business leaders and scientists explain how we can stop the plastic ...

It's no secret: when we savor a delicious piece of fish or a platter of seafood, we're not just consuming valuable omega-3s ...

A ccording to new data from phys.org, plastic waste generated per person per year has hit 36 gm, which is over 50 pounds.

With tons of plastic leaking into our seas annually, these hard-hitting images show the devastating consequences plastics are having on marine ecosystems around the world.

Some countries, including the UK, US, New Zealand and Canada, have already introduced policies to stem the flow of plastics ...

TALKS began in South Korea this week aimed at closing a legally binding treaty on plastics pollution led by the United ...

Some 500 wooden bricks were dropped into the waters of Lemvig in northwest Denmark for a project to map how rubbish moves ...

This is likely a conservative estimate, as annual costs are expected to grow with rising plastic production and population ...

As storm clouds gathered on a forgotten beach in China's Miaodao islands, artist Fu Junsheng picked his way through piles of ...

From production to disposal, plastic is one of the planet’s most carbon-intensive industries, with its carbon footprint ...