While United Nations agreements like the Basel Convention have put limits on global trade in plastic scrap, industry groups ...

Microplastics have been found in every part of the planet and, increasingly, in every part of our bodies, says Laura Harnett, ...

The MV X-Press Pearl, which was carrying chemicals, sank after catching fire in 2021. The disaster led to the death of ...

“Trade can be seen as the root cause of much of the global plastic problem, but it’s also a potential solution,” explained ...

An international team of Greenpeace activists has abseiled from Scotland’s Forth Road Bridge to block an INEOS tanker from ...

Dow Chemical is one of the largest chemicals producers in the world, producing key components for a broad range of industrial and consumer chemical and plastic products. The company’s history spans ...

Consumer concern about microfiber pollution is not without warrant. Leading researchers and Cotton Incorporated released a study in Nature Communications that revealed synthetic clothing contributes 7 ...

Biodegradable plastics represent a small but growing fraction of global plastic production, offering a potential solution to ...

Plastics like Teflon are famously durable—and infamously difficult to recycle. But a breakthrough from researchers at the ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a method that reduces the energy needed to recycle Teflon by 50%, using an electron beam ...

Dow Inc. posted a second-quarter loss of $801 million, cut its dividend by 50 percent and reported sharp declines in resin ...

Singapore-flagged ship caught fire, sank in 2021, releasing plastic pellets, toxic chemicals along Sri Lanka's western ...