The World Is Drowning in Plastic. Here’s How It All Started
It’s the miracle material that makes cars, computers, and modern medicine possible. It has also corrupted every corner of the environment. ..
It’s the miracle material that makes cars, computers, and modern medicine possible. It has also corrupted every corner of the environment. ..
On the beautiful beaches of the Canary Islands, scientists discovered a noxious new pollutant: tar mixed with tiny bits of plastic. ..
Natural Fiber Welding uses an innovative process to treat cotton and make it behave more like synthetic fibers. ..
A new plant-based material sparkles without plastics. That could be better for the environment—but it's also harder to make in industrial quantities. ..
Three microplastic researchers have backed out of an arrangement to send materials to the Science Museum in London to protest a controversial deal with ..
Fuel contamination forced the residents of Iqaluit to rely on bottled water—and now they're having a hard time getting rid of the plastic. ..
Tiny bits of plastic are swirling in the sky, and a new model suggests they could be subtly affecting the climate. ..
An alarming new study finds that infant feces contain 10 times more polyethylene terephthalate (aka polyester) than an adult’s. ..
The clothing supply chain releases some 265 million pounds of microfibers that wash into the environment each year. ..
More than a year into the pandemic, scientists and environmentalists have the first data on where disposable gloves and masks are turning up in ecosystems. ..