Plastic risk maps reveal hidden ocean hotspots where wildlife faces harm from ingestion, entanglement, and chemicals.

Plastic waste is sinking to the Mediterranean seafloor, creating one of the world’s biggest deep-sea pollution hotspots, a ...

Experts caution that nanoplastics and microplastics may constitute an emerging cardiovascular risk factor, with particles ...

Scientists in Germany tested how blood reacts to microplastics that have been exposed to “weathering,” meaning sunlight, heat ...

The department has updated its covered material categories list and published two producer reporting guidance documents.

The Clean Oceans Initiative (COI) 2.0 was launched at the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France, to mitigate ocean plastic pollution. An expanded collaborative effort by six public ...

The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) is promoting a circular economy for plastic waste in the Davao Region. Citing the ...

Microplastics in the body disrupt physiological functions, and prolonged exposure can lead to things like reduced lung ...

Sherri "Sam" Mason, the SUNY Fredonia professor whose research has focused on "microplastics," taught teachers last week about the environmental hazards of plastics. Mason's lecture was part of a ...

A study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals that centimeter-sized plastic fragments are increasing much faster than larger floating plastics in the North Pacific Garbage Patch [NPGP], ...