Wildlife organisations have said it is a race against time to clear plastic pellets from beaches which are thought to have ...

Plastic litter increases by nearly 10% on UK beaches, charity clean-up finds - The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says it ...

Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum ...

A new study finds that microplastic pollution reduces plant photosynthesis, threatening global food security and worsening ...

Plastic waste is a huge problem, with bags and packaging a major culprit. A Bay Area startup has figured out a way to replace ...

A spokesperson for the National Trust said: "We can confirm that plastic nurdles have begun to wash ashore on Brancaster ...

Nurdles are 1-5 millimetre pellets of plastic resin used in plastics production. They are not toxic but can damage wildlife if ingested ...

Greece's imposing, clear-blue beaches are drowning in trash and plastic with the situation across the Mediterranean being no ...

Plastic pellets have begun washing up more than 60 miles away from the scene of a collision between two huge ships last week.

Every year, an estimated 2.5 billion nurdles – lentil-sized plastic resin pellets – enter Port Phillip Bay through stormwater ...