A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners predicts that plastic pollution will more than double over the ...

Unification Ministry said Tuesday that its latest monitoring for possible wastewater discharge from N. Korea's uranium plant ...

You start thinking differently." Get TCD's free newsletters for easy tips to save more, waste less, and make smarter choices ...

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 ...

Dec. 3 (UPI) --The meeting between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump in Busan, South Korea, offered a welcome pause to the friction that has defined U.S.-China relations in recent months ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – In 2014, Sherri Mason ventured out onto Lake Erie aboard the U.S. EPA’s Lake Guardian research vessel and came back with remarkable evidence of plastic floating in the water. She ...

Our oceans have been experiencing a plastic crisis for decades. We have now reached a pivotal moment in ocean pollution, where the numbers are no longer abstract and time is running out to make an ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

Every year, around 20 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean, rivers, and lakes — disrupting ecosystems and livelihoods. NUclear TEChnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC Plastics), ...

The fossil-fuel industry is pivoting to plastics: massive companies are launching new refineries and other industrial plants to make plastic from petrochemicals. Science journalist Beth Gardiner ...

South Korea’s two-biggest plastic makers are finalizing details on an integration plan, Maeil Business Newspaper reported, as the country’s petrochemical sector contends with intense Chinese ...