Recent studies reveal micro and nanoscale plastics in soil and water increase toxic chemical absorption in plants and human ...

Global Production Every year, the world produces a staggering 400 million tons of plastic. This sheer volume of production is ...

No one knows how much unrecycled plastic waste ends up in the ocean ... Bans on plastic microbeads in cosmetics (they’re exfoliants) take effect this year in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and ...

The irradiation of polymers produces different effects on the polymers that are beneficial for recycling, reducing and reusing plastic waste. A new IAEA coordinated research project to develop the use ...

generated an average of 36 kg of plastic packaging waste. "Microplastic particles are currently found almost everywhere -- in water, food, fish, and even breast milk," says Artūras Torkelis ...

Residents must reject single-use plastic and make a conscious effort to segregate waste at source, says an active citizen.

He emphasizes that proper waste management is essential for reducing these risks. The use of plastic in Europe has skyrocketed over the past decade. Recent statistics reveal that in 2021 ...

Their stomachs stuffed with plastic, some species starve and die. In addition to mechanical effects, microplastics have chemical impacts, because free-floating pollutants that wash off the land ...

It's part of a national effort to reduce plastic waste in a country that the U.N. says has the second highest rate of per capita plastic packaging consumption in the world. Convenience store chain ...

However, nearly a decade later, data showed that the effects may not have been as ... has led to the emergence of a new kind of plastic waste problem, as people increasingly turn to food delivery ...

Considering that only one-tenth of all plastic waste is recycled ... shedding light on the effect of Ru content and the proximity and balance between metal and acid sites. Under optimal conditions ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at encouraging the U.S. government and consumers to buy plastic drinking straws, pushing back efforts by his predecessor to phase out ...