Tens of millions of tonnes of plastic enter the Earth's oceans every year. Fishing line, bottles, bags, wrappers. It all spreads through ocean currents to land far from where it was dropped.

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If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants.

Microplastics have been steadily increasing in freshwater environments for decades and are directly tied to rising global plastic production since the 1950s, according to a new study by an ...

SMU Athletics abides by a Clear Bag Policy. The only bags permitted (see chart below) are those made of clear plastic, vinyl or PVC which do not exceed 12-by-6-by-12 inches, one-gallon clear plastic ...

For a consumer, this problem would be simpler to handle if it was clear that only certain black plastic products posed a risk, or that all of them did. But Turner found that products were ...

Countries gathered in Colombia to work on a treaty to end plastic pollution must strive for “an ambitious, credible and just” deal that responds to the needs of communities everywhere, including some ...

Nations could agree in December on a world-first treaty to reduce the amount of plastic leaking into the environment which, if nothing is done, is forecast to triple by 2060. Global production of ...

These hold an unbelievable amount of clothes. I was able to store so many items in each one.” — PC Now that you can score a set of three clear garment bags for $21, there’s no better time to upgrade ...