It's a pretty crappy finding, quite literally. In a study to be published in Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, researchers note ...

A study by the University of Portsmouth has revealed for the first time the extent of the devastating impact of plastic ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

There’s been an exciting new discovery in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm larvae that are capable of consuming polystyrene. They join the ranks of a small group of insects that have been ...

Lake Victoria, the world's second-largest freshwater lake by surface area, supports more than 47 million people across Uganda ...

A ban on plastic bags came into force in Kenya on Monday in a bid to slow pollution, with offenders liable to jail time or hefty fines. The UN Environment Programme estimates that Kenyan supermarkets ...

Plastic pollution is a worldwide problem. In Nairobi alone, about 500 metric tons of plastic waste are generated every single day. Only a fraction of this number is recycled. In true innovation ...

A study has revealed the devastating impact of plastic pollution on livestock, humans and the wider environment in Lamu, an ...

Attempts to finalise a landmark treaty combating plastic pollution descended into disarray on the penultimate day on Wednesday as dozens of countries rejected outright the latest draft text, leaving ...

South Korea is hosting the fifth and ostensibly final U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) meeting this week, after the previous round of talks in Ottawa in April ended without a path ...