The effects of plastic on the three planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution: scientific knowledge is still patchy and unevenly distributed. The United Nations ...

MANKATO — The harmful effects of plastic on people and the environment has seen a recent surge in interest, experts say, which makes it an ideal time to showcase the award-winning film “Plastic People ...

Plastic pollution exacerbates the impacts of all planetary boundaries, including climate change, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss, a new paper shows. Ahead of the final negotiations of the ...

It was 1869, and something needed to be done. Albany inventor John Wesley Hyatt answered the call, molding together camphor, nitrocellulose, and alcohol under extreme pressure. His concoction, called ...

In supermarkets across the world, it's not uncommon to find cucumbers individually wrapped in plastic. This can be frustrating, since surely our species enjoyed cucumbers well before disposable ...

"The Problem With Plastic" is both a call to arms and a thorough look at the far-reaching effects of plastic production.

Local governments such as Gainesville have made significant progress towards protecting our environment from pollution like single-use plastics. Bans exist all over Florida, so items like plastic ...

The fact that plastics pollute the environment and generate problems has been well-researched in many areas. However, there is little information on the impacts of plastics on climate and biodiversity ...

“It’s necessary to consider the full life cycle of plastics, starting from the extraction of fossil fuel and the primary plastic polymer production” says lead article writer Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez ...