Plastic pollution goes far beyond visible waste, affecting wildlife, human health, ecosystems, and the climate in complex ...

A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...

Floating masses of garbage off some of the Caribbean’s pristine beaches offer grim evidence of a vast and growing problem of plastic waste heedlessly dumped in the ocean, local residents, activists ...

A groundbreaking study from the University of Leeds has shed new light on the global plastic pollution crisis, revealing that uncollected waste and open burning are the leading causes of plastic ...

A new study shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. Researchers used A.I. to model waste ...

The outlook is grim, but a new report lays out a path to nearly eradicate plastic packaging pollution within the next 15 years. Reading time 2 minutes Around the world, plastic is falling through the ...

An environmentally conscious biotechnologist in Kazakhstan has raised an army of trash-eating black soldier flies to help clean up the country's struggling waste management industry. In Kazakhstan, ...

Despite years of pleas from nearby residents to shut it down, Montgomery County plans to continue to use an incinerator in its western area to burn about 550,000 tons of county garbage every year ...