Environment / A Netflix documentary exposes plastic’s health harms but misses its climate connection. Mark Hertsgaard This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration ...

Wintering gulls at a protected lake in southern Spain are depositing an estimated 530 kg of plastic into the wetland each ...

A new Netflix documentary called "The Plastic Detox" is a sobering look at all the ways that plastic harms our bodies and the ...

UB researchers want to provide regulators and others a quick and reliable way to assess sustainability claims.

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

Plastic is one of humanity's most useful inventions... and one of its most persistent problems. Plastic has become so ingrained in modern life that it's easy to forget how long it lingers once tossed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A drainage ditch clogged with plastic waste after monsoon flooding in Pakistan in August. - Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images The ...

Recycled plastics are promoted on everything from water bottles and fleece jackets to shopping bags and yogurt cups: "This product is made with XX% recycled plastic." Verifying such claims, however, ...

Green receives competitive research funding from the Andalusian and Spanish governments to study interactions between birds ...

Microplastics are everywhere, which makes studying them all the more difficult. Labs are doing all they can to be plastic-free but have few common protocols ...

Plastic containers are great for storing food, but they don’t last forever. Experts warn that scratches, stains, and damage can trap bacteria and release microplastics. If a container is smelly, ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...