As the plastics treaty heads toward the finish line, the debate over limits or caps on virgin resin production has gotten louder, with the Biden administration and now some global businesses ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Tucked into a green-sounding federal recycling bill ...

Polling shows environmental issues are far from the top of voters’ minds this year, and the global plastics crisis rarely gets a mention—unless it’s to defend plastic straws. Nevertheless ...

"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...

When it comes to plastic, the rules can be extra confusing -- there's a lot more to it than tossing a water bottle in the recycling bin and calling it a day. Here's why: Not all plastics can be ...

More than 50 million tons of plastics are consumed every year in Europe. Over a third of this is in the form packaging, which is more often than not discarded after just one use. But it isn't just ...

“How much plastic will you have for dinner, sir? And you, ma’am?” While that may seem like a line from a satirical skit on ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish a Roundtable on Plastics that will provide a forum for examining issues associated with national efforts to reduce plastic ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

The plastic pollution crisis is almost too massive to imagine. Between the moment you wake up today and the time you go to bed, Americans will throw away enough plastic to fill the Dallas Cowboys ...

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Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...