I just watched a video promoting the use of polymer beads in a window box to reduce the need for frequent watering, but I question the wisdom of adding a foreign substance to soil. While these ...

A recent spill of bio-beads – small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s – has brought renewed attention to a problem that has been quietly accumulating in ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads. Some Mardi ...

A pollution investigation has been launched by the Environment Agency after a "huge quantity" of small plastic pellets have been found beside a river in Greater Manchester. The black pellets known as ...