With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

Plastic pollution is a big problem for our oceans and although in recent years, people have started cutting down on plastic consumption, as we have realized the effects plastic pollution can have on ...

WASHINGTON, United States — If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from ...

A study revealed that 7 grams of microplastics—the weight of a spoon—could be floating in our brains. This alarming fact sparked a personal journey for Local 4's Pamela Osborne to reduce plastic ...

Plastic pollution is a growing environmental crisis that threatens wildlife, marine ecosystems, and human health. With ...

Yesterday, now-former Gov. Phil Murphy signed New Jersey’s “Skip the Stuff” bill (S-3195/A-5157) before the end of his term.

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Microplastics are ubiquitous. Though you can’t see them with the naked eye, they’re found almost everywhere — in our food, our cleaning supplies and cosmetics, our water, the air we breathe — and ...

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that ...

Rethinking plastic in the kitchen started with an eye-opening article about microplastics. The study revealed that 7 grams of microplastics—the weight of a spoon—could be floating in our brains. This ...

The grant-funded project at Nicholls State University will include installing water bottle refill stations to reduce single-use plastics.