American scrap brokers sent more than 35,000 tons of plastic waste to Malaysia last year, according to trade data.

Plastic is a material that, without exaggeration, has radically changed our planet. Convenient and cheap, once a helper, it ...

For most of us, July means fireworks, barbecues, beach days and vacation, but it’s also the month in which everyone around ...

Every year, more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean - bags, cups, straws, and many other items from the daily ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's ...

Most food deliveries come wrapped in petrochemicals. But there are ways to reduce the disposable plastic delivered to your ...

A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon ...

It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other ...

A Holly Springs teen’s startup turns recycled bottles into swimwear and removes a pound of ocean plastic for every sale.

Volunteers spent the day picking up trash, weighing it, and getting it off the beach at 12th Street Beach, in part to keep plastics out of Lake Michigan.

The Chattahoochee river watchdog installed Columbus’ first trash trap at Cooper Creek with the help of the Australian-based company Atlan Stormwater.

Celebrated photojournalist Sean Gallagher recently traveled to Bali to capture shocking photographs documenting the region's ...