Most hermit crabs these days are suffering from a housing crisis. As natural shells become scarce due to the climate crisis, these creatures are turning to trashed items made of plastic for their ...

Scientists warn that plastic pollution has reached every corner of Earth — from ocean trenches to human bloodstreams — signaling a slow-moving crisis that rivals climate change in scale.

The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous breaks. There’s a majestic underwater world to explore, too. But it’s impossible to surf or snorkel without running ...

Rapper-turned-recycled-trash-artist Thomas Dambo wants his 40-foot sculptures of trolls and other creatures to whimsically get us thinking, in his words, about how we keep from "drowning in trash." ...

A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. Called Regenyx, this recycling facility took in polystyrene ...

Humanity’s use of plastic has grown exponentially since the 1950s. Today, nine million people worldwide are employed in plastic production and processing, and while they are lightweight and affordable ...

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review of the ...

A new study has some good news, but there’s a problem: Ocean pollution appears to be growing fast. By Delger Erdenesanaa There’s less plastic pollution flowing into the ocean from land than scientists ...