Billions of dollars in US plastics trade hang in the balance as global regulators prepare sweeping changes to the classification system that governs international commerce, according to a new economic ...

Plastics labeled with a number 1 inside the recycling symbol are about 20.9% likely to be reprocessed, according to Greenpeace. Plastics numbered 3 through 7 have a reprocessing rate of less than 5%, ...

An environmental engineer who mapped microplastic pollution in three of Pennsylvania’s watersheds explains what it means for ...

Marine plastic pollution is a massive environmental issue, with a plastic smog of an estimated 170 trillion particles afloat in the world's oceans. This highlights how urgently we need to develop ...

Food packaging ranks among the top plastic pollutants littering the world’s coastlines, a new study confirms. The study, ...