In the vast, swirling expanse of the North Pacific Ocean lies a phenomenon as intriguing as it is troubling – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This colossal debris vortex stretching from ...

UK households throw away 1.7 billion pieces of plastic packaging a week, a survey involving thousands of families, schools and even MPs suggests. The “big plastic count”, conducted by ...

UK households throw away 1.7 billion pieces of plastic packaging a week, a survey involving thousands of families, schools and even MPs suggests. The “big plastic count”, conducted by ...

Once plastic is in the water, it slowly decomposes. Tizedes said the pieces can be small in size because they have been broken down by sunrays and water. Subscribe Now: For all the latest local ...

South Africa will call for the establishment of a fund to help end plastic pollution, in a new global treaty, according to an official from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) ...

Three grocers in Western Massachusetts say they have already made moves to comply with local rules regarding the use of single-use plastic bags — and they would support a statewide ban on the ...

Researchers from the University of Basel and the Alfred-Wegener Institute (AWI) focused on particles between 11 and 500 micrometres in size, and picked up particles ... the researchers found that the ...

"But the vast majority of plastics are not recycled." About 48 million tons of plastic waste is generated in the U.S. each year; only 5 to 6 percent of it is actually recycled, according to the ...

When a Canadian reality TV star and her plastic surgery tycoon husband bought ... which has a market value of $1.7 billion. Reports suggest Ann takes $1.6 million in rental income each year ...

Following the death of O.J. Simpson, a source familiar with his family has denied rumors that he made confessions on his deathbed about the killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron ...