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

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

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

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 ...

In addition, the report revealed that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are likely to increase. Plastic-related GHG emissions are expected to surge by 58%, to 4.2 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent ...

It makes sense to Jill Bartolotta that the volume of plastics in Lake Erie has gone up. For nine years - ending last June - she was the emerging contaminants specialist at Ohio State University’s Sea ...

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 ...

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.