These products contribute to plastic pollution, even if they’re shipped to buyers in a paper envelope. Amazon also owns Whole Foods, one of the largest grocery chains in the United States, where ...

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...

Play Video At the House probe on Thursday, October 17, DepEd director and former Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) chairman Resty Osias said he received these envelopes four times — from April ...

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.

By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been ...

Final negotiations for the first-ever United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are due to take place at the end of November. The latest treaty draft states two major objectives: to end plastic ...

"It's clear that he's putting my cat into the plastic bag and cut her collar, and then just took the plastic bag and go away from the place," Zaini said. The sound of a cat meowing can also be ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...

then assume the envelope is not recyclable. This is because they are classed as composite or mixed materials. If you’ve ever tried to separate the plastic bubble liner from the paper outer layer, ...

Trying to solve the world's ocean plastic pollution problem has been a "long and painful journey" for Dutch entrepreneur Boyan Slat. The 28-year-old founder of non-profit environmental ...