Plastic

Here's what some cities, states, and countries are doing about it.

Maryland, Oregon, Vermont, and Connecticut are also considering polystyrene bans as resistance to single-use plastic increases.

According to a new study, scientists found as much microplastic pollution in the air in this remote area as in densely populated cities like Paris.

A new book documents the plastic pollution crisis, the affect of that pollution on wildlife and people, and initiatives that have been created to tackle the problem.

The proposed law would prevent food service businesses and schools from providing or selling any foam food containers, plates, cups, trays, or egg cartons.

India just banned imported scraps of plastic, leaving countries like the U.S. with limited overseas options for where to send their plastic waste.

A sculpture made from over 2,500 plastic bottles is seen outside the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs on February 25th, 2019, in London, England.

Plastic pollution in the ocean is a growing threat to the survival of sea turtles.

Seagulls search for food near a sewage discharge area next to piles of plastic bottles washed away by the water on the seaside of Ouzai, south of Beirut, on July 19th, 2018.

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Alaska Airlines has become the first airline to renounce the use of plastic straws in an effort to raise awareness about the use of single-use plastics that pollute the world's oceans.

Groups of volunteers clean up plastic waste on a beach in Lima, Peru, during World Environment Day on June 5th, 2018.

Campaigns against single-use plastic waste are picking up steam.

Instead of shaming disabled consumers who rely on straws, let's hold producers of plastic financially responsible for their waste.

Europe announced it will seek to ban the use of certain common plastic items, including plastic cutlery, straws, plates, swabs, and fishing gear.

The massive amounts of plastic trash in marine environments may be leading to toxic metals entering the food chain.

The state is moving to reduce plastic pollution by implementing a groundbreaking ban on polystyrene containers that are commonly used throughout the island in the food industry.

New evidence of our strong psychological need to rationalize the status quo.

New research shows the extent to which our dependence on plastic is infecting, damaging, and killing coral reefs from Thailand to Australia.

The man-made material basically never breaks down, but we keep making more and more of it.

Hint: Don't go after the Great Pacific garbage patch—which, by the way, isn't really a patch at all.

Plastic-pouch food packaging is showing up everywhere—except at recycling facilities.

The House voted this week to ban microbeads. This is a demonstrably good thing.

A new research review finds that all the plastic debris swirling through our oceans may be endangering every species of sea turtle.