A Memorial University scientist says the mysterious white blobs washing up on Newfoundland beaches are actually gobs of ...

Memorial University Earth science professor Hilary Corlett says testing shows the gunk is safe to touch and she hopes there ...

The legal challenge asserts that PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have falsely promoted their products as recyclable, despite knowing the significant environmental harm plastic pollution causes. Los Angeles ...

CalRecycle predicted significant environmental impacts from implementing a 2022 law to reduce plastic pollution.

The chances for a stronger international agreement on limits to plastic production may have increased dramatically as the world nears a U.N. deadline for achieving a plastics treaty. The game changer: ...

These scientists have bioengineered a version of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria that can break down polyethylene ...

This year, California sued ExxonMobil over its allegedly misleading statements about plastics recycling. Perhaps this ...

Penn State researchers found that microplastic levels in freshwater have risen with global plastic production, though they ...

New research has shown that bio-based fibers caused higher mortality, and reduced growth and reproductivity, among earthworms -- a species critical to the health of soils globally -- than conventional ...

Fiona North, an Education Coordinator at the National Park Service, actively combats the plastic pollution on Alaska's shores ...

It has the potential to cause a ripple effect for the rest of the world as well. Remote island trapped in 'vortex' of plastic ...

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