Hawaii has a plastic problem. The island state faces economic and logistical challenges in recycling plastic waste, including marine debris that lingers in its ocean waters. Researchers in Hawaii are ...

This column is about the “sea of plastic,” but not the one you’re probably thinking of. The locals in the Almeria province of southern Spain first called it the sea of plastic (mar de plastico), but ...

President Donald Trump’s nominee for a top State Department environment position pointed to deep-sea mining and protecting the plastics industry as among his priorities. The Senate Foreign Relations ...

If the Port of Seattle is successful, referencing the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as "Sea-Tac" will go the way of Qwest Field, Washington State Convention Center, and KeyArena. Locals ...

Researchers examined the diet and plastic ingestion of green sea turtles inhabiting waters around the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, and detected plastics in 7 of the 10 individuals studied. By integrating ...

Discover the extraordinary transformation of Almería, Spain, where a landscape once considered barren now thrives as the "Sea of Plastic." Explore how innovative greenhouses, efficient drip irrigation ...

A vast number of coastal cities in the U.S. would be submerged if sea levels rise 10 feet, according to a map by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A 10-foot sea level rise ...

The US plastics manufacturing sector is showing early signs of recovery after enduring several years of interest-rate-driven challenges, according to a new economic analysis by Perc Pineda, PhD, chief ...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) has launched Positives of Plastic, a new digital platform designed to serve as the “go-to resource” for information about plastic materials, the plastics ...

A regional study led by citizen scientists reveals the scope and sources of plastic bottle pollution along Latin America’s Pacific coast. Central America hosts the most polluted sites, where high ...