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A new study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors -- namely plastic pollution and seawater flooding -- can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet's critical ...

Plastic bags tangled in trees. Takeout containers scattered along roadsides. Bottles clogging streams and waterways and washing up on beaches. Across the United States, plastic waste and pollution ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Health hazards in Michigan's waterways have long been a top concern for its people, given the the state's stewardship of a vast amount of the world's freshwater supply. Risks ...

The United Arab Emirates' ban on single-use plastic bags took effect in 2024, and the results are already proving that it has been incredibly effective. According to The National, the ban has not only ...

In Geneva, negotiators from 175 nations are trying to hammer out the first-ever legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. The urgency of the talks was underscored this week by a new study published ...

Machine learning has been used to turn a survey of local waste-management practices into a global inventory of plastic emissions. The data show that tackling plastic pollution will require reduced ...

An awareness programme on plastic eradication was organized at the Government Science Degree College, Nagarkurnool, as part ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World ...

Mayor Craig Greenberg is encouraging people in Louisville to make small changes towards reducing single-use plastic consumption. Greenberg launched the annual "Plastic Free July" initiative on Tuesday ...