China stopped taking our plastic waste. Now we're drowning in it. America has long had a plastic problem. It's an urgent question — what do we do with the 40 million tons of plastic waste we ...

The analysis from Oregon is the first of its kind in the region, and it shows that microplastics are widespread in edible ...

And of that waste, a staggering 6.3 billion tons ... researchers have found an astonishing volume of plastic from South America, Asia, New Zealand, Russia, and as far away as Scotland.

As a result, textiles have become an overlooked source of plastic pollution. Researchers discovered that waste from the global apparel industry is leaking millions of tons of plastic into the ...

From fast food to kitchen staples such as rice and salt, a new study highlights the extent of plastic contamination in foods.

Plastic waste production skyrockets during the holidays 02:41 According to Stanford Researchers, during the holidays, from Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve, Americans create a gigantic mountain of ...

These plastic bales are heading for recycling - but most plastic is discarded Plastic waste dumps, says Prof Erwin Reisner, could be the oil fields of the future. "Effectively, plastic is another ...

New reports tracking the efforts to reduce plastic waste show some companies are making slow but steady progress to cut harmful plastics and increase reuse and recycling, but the world is still ...

South America’s Suriname ranked second ... country of Slovenia exported about 139 pounds (63 kilograms) of plastic waste per person: more than any other country in the world.

Fox also advises against reusing any single-use plastic item with moving parts, like a flex joint or a bottle cap. There is ...

America’s Test Kitchen ... reviewed paper in 2018 highlighting the presence of recycled electronic waste in black plastic products. “Secondly, if you’re heating in oil, the oil acts like ...