Yes, it happened! On Nov. 12 the Napa County Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance to strengthen the state’s existing bag ...

Single-use plastic items are an environmental nightmare, and they're everywhere in modern American kitchens. A lot of plastic ...

Scientists innovate with advanced catalysts and membranes to transform plastic waste into useful products and improve drinking water supply.

UAB research has characterized in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and ...

A UAB research has characterised in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when infused. The study shows for the first time the capacity of ...

Anthropologists are urging space organizations to develop a record of all human-made artifacts that end up on Mars' surface.

Plastic bag waste dropped slightly from 157,395 tons in 2014 to 139,810 ... “Microplastics also have been found in the air, tap water, sea salt, bottled water, beer, and the fish that humans eat.” ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A dirty diaper may be gross to you, but one Texas company believes it could be the secret ingredient to ...

Hiro Industries, a start-up founded by Finnish farmer Tero Isokauppila and entrepreneur Miki Agrawal, is developing a ...

Most people don't get excited about intestinal parasite eggs preserved in 500-year-old human feces. But Marissa Ledger isn't like most people. "A lot of my research is focused on actually studying ...

Buildings consume about a fifth of all global energy, but because of inadequate wall and ceiling insulation, single-pane windows and poor ventilation, they waste ... t yet in the bag.

Ultimately, the boy was alright, and doctors thought it was a bacterial infection brought on by dog poop on a beach ... going to carry Sam out in a body bag…talk about traumatizing.” ...