Plastic pollution has spread to Earth’s farthest reaches, with widespread effects on wildlife, the environment and human health. To curb this problem, U.N. member countries are negotiating a global ...

A recent spill of bio-beads – small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s – has brought renewed attention to a problem that has been quietly accumulating in ...

If many Erie-area environmentalists had their way, there would be no plastic bottles, no plastic containers, no plastic wrappings, no plastic anything. "What we want to see is the reduction in the use ...

Plastic beads have been found on the banks of the River Irwell and at Salford Quays in Greater Manchester A pollution investigation has been launched by the Environment Agency after a "huge quantity" ...

There's a newcomer in the movement to kick plastic to the curb during Mardi Gras season. While some have looked to paper or even algae as biodegradable alternatives, Jerome Milton's Houston-based ...

The government has said it is "appalled" and called for a “thorough investigation” after huge numbers of plastic beads washed up on south coast beaches. Southern Water apologised for the spill, which ...