At the Target store on Riverside Boulevard on Friday, stacks of plastic bags sat prominently at checkout counters — the only visible option available for shoppers at both self-checkout kiosks and ...

That’s a wrap on harmful plastic? Microplastics — which slough off larger plastics — plague everything we touch, from our food to our cleaning tools, increasing the risk of heart attacks, strokes and ...

See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. When Americans eat ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in their quest to solve our microplastic problem. In a study published in the ...

This bag of tomatoes is made from the new plant-based plastic that uses FDA-approved ingredients. Watch as the bag completely dissolves in artificial seawater after just a few hours, without leaving ...

Right now, an estimated 130 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year. By 2040, that number will jump to 280 million metric tons—about a garbage ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...

Let’s face it: we’re surrounded by plastic. The plastics industry now produces 450 million tons a year, and it’s seeping into our environment and even our bodies, as microplastics have been found in ...

Chemical additions to plastic that mimic natural polymers like DNA can create materials that break down in days, months or years rather than littering the environment for centuries. Researchers hope ...

For the average person, trying to avoid plastics can feel overwhelming—and maybe pointless. Our writer asked two experts how they navigate our plastic-filled world. While research into the health ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Just six pieces of rubber smaller than a pea can be fatal to seabirds, new research shows, revealing shockingly ...