Longer-term projections are equally grim, with the amount of plastic waste estimated to triple by 2060 globally. Increasing ...
At a time when synthetic plastic has polluted nearly every corner of the globe and appeared in food and in the human body, Northeastern University researchers have developed a new plastic that ...
Then, in 1884, French chemist Hilaire de Chardonnet patented the first artificial silk, which paved the way for the ...
Synthetic polymers don’t exist in the wild ... This discovery inspired other researchers to scour the world in search of plastics-degrading microbes, and more are turning up.
Ahead of urgent United Nations talks on reducing plastic pollution, new research holds a workout on a synthetic carpet could ...
Amid vast, swirling currents, 170 trillion microplastic particles drift unseen through our oceans, creating hidden patches of ...
On day 5 of the fifth session of the INC5, the negotiations in Busan have been marred by polarised views on plastic ...
Plastics pollution exacerbates the impacts of all [nine] planetary boundaries,” warns a report published this month in the ...