Bottles and bags, food wrappers and straws. Piping, packaging, toys and trays. Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people ...

The issue has been linked to health concerns. Scientists issue warning after making surprising findings in major rivers: ...

Scientists have found plastic fragments can shed off cutting boards, takeout containers and even laminated paper cups with ...

Tiny, microscopic bits of plastic have been found almost everywhere researchers look – including throughout the human body.

Illinois lawmakers are trying the curb plastic production by limiting foam food containers and single-use plastic bags, which ...

Microplastics are small plastic particles released from plastic products as they break down over time, and they are present everywhere in ...

Researchers find them almost everywhere they've looked ... is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus -- just the right size to ...

Each year, International Mother Earth Day, or Earth Day, is celebrated worldwide on April 22. It serves as an occasion to ...

Plastic is everywhere in our daily lives. And much of what we use, such as cutting boards, clothes and cleaning sponges, can expose us to tiny, micrometer-wide plastic particles called microplastics.

plastic everywhere. In Estero Bay. Researchers at FGCU are finding microplastics in more oysters, and they say it's only gotten worse since Hurricane Ian. True oysters will devour anything.