Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

1908 – Jacques E Brandenberger, Swiss textile engineer, invented cellophane, which is a clear and protective packaging plastic. It is still widely used today.

Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world’s oceans.

The world's oceans and waterways are littered with millions of tons of plastic pollution – but scientists in a study released Thursday say we should think twice before cleaning them up.. In fact ...

Plastic pollution is a growing issue that's impacting ecosystems globally. ... Seaweed is "kind of hot", said Wired, and a company in California is using it to make cellophane-like bags.

As plastic waste piles up in the world’s landfills, sewer systems and oceans, the United Nations has set a goal to reduce plastic pollution by 80 percent by the year 2040.

Compostable alternatives to plastic could worsen marine pollution and have other serious environmental impacts, a report from a committee of UK MPs has warned.

Countries could slash plastic pollution by 80% in less than two decades, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme. It’s even changing ecosystems. Scientists ...

When researchers analyzed fifteen brands of common table salt bought at supermarkets across China, they found among the grains of seasoning micro-sized particles of the common water bottle plastic ...

A group of scientists analyzing global data collected over the past four decades have found a "rapid increase" in ocean plastic pollution since 2005, according to a research article published in ...

Plastic pollution is unsightly, can entangle wildlife, can be ingested and block stomachs and intestines, and may carry harmful chemicals. It can break down into small pieces, ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...