Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second.

The Shocking Truth About Global Plastic Recycling Rates The statistics around plastic recycling are absolutely devastating.

"Recycling doesn’t sustainably prevent plastic waste from ending up in the environment," argues Judith Enck.

The outlook is grim, but a new report lays out a path to nearly eradicate plastic packaging pollution within the next 15 ...

When it rains, it pours … microplastics, that is. Researchers in Japan have discovered nine kinds of polymers and one rubber floating among the clouds — a worrying sign for the climate. Intrepid teams ...

Residents of Belle, West Virginia, said they want more public hearings and transparency on the proposed construction of a new plastic pyrolysis facility in the region by the company Clean Seas West ...

Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World Bank estimates that every person on the planet generates an average of 1.6 pounds (0.74 kilograms) of plastic waste daily. To ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – In 2014, Sherri Mason ventured out onto Lake Erie aboard the U.S. EPA’s Lake Guardian research vessel and came back with remarkable evidence of plastic floating in the water. She ...

Climate change is worsening the effects of air pollution and waste generation, amplifying biodiversity loss, land degradation ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is ...

Within 15 years, a garbage truck's worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second.