In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see.

Just as people were beginning to breathe a sigh of relief thanks to the Trump administration’s rollback of onerous climate ...

New research finds an estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastics in the North Atlantic, raising concerns for marine ecosystems and human health.

Researchers discovered 15 "hotspots" where trash was heavily concentrated.

Stainless steel is generally considered non-toxic and resistant to bacterial growth, but many popular stainless steel ...

Motes of plastic less than a micrometer across could outnumber larger fragments and particles floating through the oceans to ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. A study published today reveals yet another hidden source of this deadly ...

Pernod Ricard’s vodka brand Absolut has been working on paper bottles over the last few years, adapting fiber-based packaging ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...