A study conducted by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) found high levels of contamination on ...

Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui by the locals, is a remote island off the coast of Chile. As of 2023, its population ...

"This is incredibly exciting, as up to now we have not had a tool for detecting plastics in coastal environments from space." ...

Heaps of medical waste, including needles, syringes, and pill bottles washed up on Mid-Atlantic beaches in September of this ...

On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...

If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants.

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that range in size from one micrometer, or 1/100 of the width of a human hair, to five millimeters, which is about the size of a pencil eraser.

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out your black plastic spatula.

Countries gathered in Colombia to work on a treaty to end plastic pollution must strive for “an ambitious, credible and just” deal that responds to the needs of communities everywhere, including some ...

Nations could agree in December on a world-first treaty to reduce the amount of plastic leaking into the environment which, if nothing is done, is forecast to triple by 2060. Global production of ...

Oceana/Joseph Pellegrino & St. Johns County Office of Public Affairs A baby whale has died after being found on a Florida beach with a "large plastic bag" in its stomach. Last month, an individual ...