In early December 2024, hopes for a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution were dashed as negotiations in South ...

Plastic pollution is one of the rapidly growing major environmental concerns worldwide. In our country, it has become a serious environmental challenge as well. We are one of the top countries in ...

A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into ...

In Nigeria, informal collectors of plastic bottle waste are central to resolving the clash between its environmental costs ...

Global Plastic Production Plastic production has reached astronomical levels, making its presence felt in every corner of the ...

Ocean County's Northern Recycling Center, one of 60 Polypropylene Recycling Coalition grantees across the country, is now on track to recycle at least 26 times the amount of polypropylene it did in ...

Geoscientists conducted the analyses, which revealed that human activity ... Low-Level Traffic Air Pollution Linked to Liver Damage and Fatty Liver Disease Jan. 31, 2025 — Low levels of traffic ...

Dec. 18, 2024 — Tires and degrading garbage shed tiny pieces of plastic into the air, creating a form of air pollution that researchers suspect may be causing respiratory and other ...

This substance is air pollution in the form of fine particulate matter (known as PM2.5). A firefighting helicopter drops water as the Hughes Fire burns north of Los Angeles on January 22 ...

They are made by heating these chemicals at a high temperature. When the plastic is soft it can be poured into a mould. Once the plastic cools, it hardens into a shape. Plastic is a material that ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

Pollution-related deaths numbered 1.67 million in 2019, according to a new report led by Boston College researchers. Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, ...