Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar to ...

from Arctic ice sheets to the sea floor. Not one square mile of surface ocean anywhere on earth is free of plastic pollution. The problem is growing into a crisis. The fossil fuel industry plans to ...

The order directs federal agencies to stop purchasing paper straws, with plastic straw bans and restrictions ... The backstory According to a White House fact sheet, the executive order end ...

plastic bags and clothing fibers acknowledged as major contributors to plastic pollution—but research by University of Toronto environmental scientists shows another source deserves more ...

The IAEA is working with experts from all over the world to change that fate and protect marine life and the environment from plastic pollution. With its partners, the IAEA is researching and ...

This partnership also supports 5 Gyres’ ongoing work in the global movement around the global health crisis of plastic pollution ... laundry detergent sheets, and home goods all designed ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback ... recently detailed in a scientific paper published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, a British journal on oceanic contamination.

Countries negotiating a global treaty to curb plastic pollution failed to reach agreement ... very convenient in a range of things. But the fact is, single-use plastics are a very real problem.

from Arctic ice sheets to the sea floor. Not one square mile of surface ocean anywhere on earth is free of plastic pollution. The problem is growing into a crisis. The fossil fuel industry plans to ...