Dear EarthTalk: What are some examples of ways food and drink producers are fighting the ever-growing torrent of plastic waste they have helped create? -- Stacy Y., Raleigh, NC As more people become ...

Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...

By focusing on reusable products, some organizations are helping to break our addiction to single-use plastic.

Two industry groups release reports on flexible plastic waste solutions targeting North America and European markets ...

Since 1950, humanity has produced more than 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic. Most has ended up in landfills or the environment. Now, scientists are working on biological solutions to address the ...

Research Fellow, Ethical Consumption, Revolution Plastics Institute, University of Portsmouth Cressida Bowyer receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Medical ...

For those of you over a certain age, you may remember this now famous line from the movie, The Graduate, delivered by the character Mr. McGuire to Benjamin Braddock, played by the actor Justin Hoffman ...

Picture this: the same plastic bottles piling up in landfills could end up powering our world. That’s the idea driving a fresh project in Mizoram. The state’s ...

Kutoma Wakunuma received funding as co-Principal Investigator from UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) and GCRF (Global Challenges Research Fund) under the Digital Innovations for Transitioning to a ...