The U.S. Can Step Down as Top Plastic Polluter as Scientists Present a New Simpler Method to Break Down Plastic Plastic ...

NOAA warns the slivers of plastic have become “pervasive in natural and built environments” and are found in every ecosystem ...

Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum ...

KTLA’s new ocean conservation series ‘Saving Our Seas’ dives into one of the largest and most worrisome issues facing our planet… the plastic problem. It’s a compounding catastrophe that ...

But many alternatives designed to help phase out single-use plastics don’t really solve the problem at all. It’s not unusual to see plastic bans challenged or overturned. However, a government ...

Re “So long, penny! Trump orders U.S. to ditch 1-cent coin after decades of complaints” (Feb. 10): Consider this solution to ...

Bay Area startup, Sway the Future, is producing a plastic alternative out of seaweed. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) “They were ugly,” she said, and only “kind of resembled” plastic.

I have been researching and speaking about the plastic pollution problem for 15 years. The people I talk to are always surprised, and disgusted, when they find out they’ve been chewing on a lump ...