Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that are small and durable. These particles can accumulate in water, soil, air and living organisms, raising both environmental and health concerns.

WASHINGTON — When it comes to laws addressing plastic pollution, the vast majority of states need improvement to reduce, reuse and recycle, according to the new United States of Plastic Report from ...

Plastic bags tangled in trees. Takeout containers scattered along roadsides. Bottles clogging streams and waterways and washing up on beaches. Across the United States, plastic waste and pollution ...

Microplastics (MPs) are tiny plastic particles (<5 mm), invisible to the naked eye, which are now widespread contaminants found in food, water, and air due to extensive plastic pollution. Emerging ...

Ian Seamans points at some nurdles he found during a search for the plastic pellets at D-FW locations as part of a statewide nurdle hunt on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Grand Prairie. Shafkat Anowar / ...

Plastic pollution has overwhelmed the world. So ubiquitous is this versatile material that it’s proving impossible to contain in landfills. Its uses are often short-lived; not much of it has ever been ...

Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and cleanup, a new study shows. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci ...

On a recent sunny afternoon at Mi Familia Park in Grand Prairie, a handful of volunteers crouched down to get a better look at the shoreline. Some squinted their eyes as they scanned the dirt, ...