Tag: plastic

To get a big-picture perspective on the plastics that plague beaches, scientists team up with volunteers along the California Coast.

The Chinese government recently announced a sweeping anti-plastics campaign.

"It's just as bad as the climate in terms of its impact on living things. It's arguably faster acting, and hardly anyone knows about it."

New legislative efforts to ban plastics are important, but a recent court ruling in Texas reminds us that enforcing existing laws is a crucial part of the plastics fight.

Chewa Plant aims to manufacture and commercialize the disposable dishes to help reduce plastic consumption and the pollution it causes.

"Real solutions must change systems and power structures."

“We are absolutely committed to reducing unnecessary plastic packaging in Sainsbury’s stores."

Plastic pollution is one aspect of the global environmental crisis, a crisis rooted in consumerism and a socio-economic system championed by developed nations, which promotes greed, selfishness and division.

“To me, this feels like an invasion."

A new study confirms that on average, humans consume 50,000 bits of plastic a year and inhales nearly the same amount.