Eighteen-year-old Arya Satheesh created her award-winning Eco Purge to help address the global problem of plastic pollution ...

"I wanted to create something that could help tackle that problem directly." ...

At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won’t leave microplastics in the ...

Over 20 million tons of plastic are estimated to end up in the environment every year, with much of it breaking down into microplastics that are harmful to the health of humans and wildlife.

Learn about the European winner of The Earth Prize 2026, Arya Satheesh, and her vision to remove microplastics from the ...

Prof. Renald Blundell's article of 26 July rightly draws attention to the growing public concern about plastic pollution and ...

For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding measures against plastic pollution. In August, negotiations to reach an ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in their quest to solve our microplastic problem. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

Healthcare is awash in single-use plastics. In U.S. healthcare facilities alone, more than 2,800 tons of plastic packaging and products are thrown out every day. Few people are more aware of this than ...

Bamboo plastic sounds like a compelling eco-friendly material for a variety of applications, but its questionable durability and recyclability leave a lot to be desired. Researchers at Northeast ...

When activated, the material degraded almost completely within six days — without producing microplastic fragments. The ...

A group of European and American manufacturers of ‘oxo-biodegradable’ plastics have come together to form the Oxo-Biodegradable Plastics Federation (OBPF). The new federation officially launched on ...