Every wondered how long it takes plastic to decompose? Well, depending on the item, it can take anywhere from five to 500 ...

A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and ...

A group of scientists in Japan has created a new form of plastic that combines the strength ... make them staples of modern life. But their long-lasting nature becomes a liability when they ...

The expert recycling process that turns millions of waste beverage bottles into plastic ropes is both innovative and ...

And that estimates for how long plastic endures range from 450 ... D.C., to assess how our own operations and supply chain use plastic. After all, it’s the negligent use of plastic that ...

Plastic doesn't biodegrade and so it enters the food chain. The artist wanted to show how plastic is "becoming part of us" and how our movements "can influence the ever growing plastic problem." ...

Fish eat thousands of tons of plastic a year, transferring it up the food chain to bigger fish and marine mammals. Microplastics are also consumed by people through food and in the air. It’s estimated ...

making its way up the food chain back to people. The global plastic pollution problem isn’t on individuals alone—not by a long stretch. But we do contribute to this problem, and we can make a ...

As long ago as the early 1970s, scientists were finding plastic pellets—the material ... to find plastics in their slicks; the Hawaiian chain is in the drift pattern of the Great Pacific Garbage ...

SodaStream, which makes popular home carbonation machines, has unveiled a 1000-foot-long contraption for cleaning plastic waste from ocean waters. CEO Daniel Birnbaum — along with 150 company ...

The new rules will help improve the handling of plastic pellets at all stages of the supply chain, both on land and sea. Microplastics, including plastic pellets are now found everywhere — in our ...