“The most surprising finding of our work is that our fungi could exclusively ... Can fungi solve the plastic crisis? While ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution ... By incorporating spores of plastic-eating bacteria they've developed a plastic that can ...

Millions of tons of plastic waste ends up in the world's oceans every year, posing a major environmental problem as it takes decades to degrade but scientists in Germany have found a glimmer of hope ...

The agency wanted a system that could convert food wrappers and water ... It also needed to harness the power of plastic-eating microbes. “When we started this project four years ago, the ...

Support at the federal level could help more jurisdictions enact rules that require producers to help manage these wastes. Bans on plastic items are a tool to reduce waste generation. Most of ...

A closeup of a leopard seal’s gaping jaws, an octopus sheltering in a plastic bag and a jackfish hiding inside a jellyfish are among the amazing photos selected as finalists in this year’s ...

According to the National Park Service, 4,000 to 6,000 tons of sunscreen washes off swimmers and into oceans worldwide every ... that's composed of 100% recycled plastic. What's inside is just ...

“The most surprising finding of our work is that our fungi could ... plastic bags, and microplastics from tyre abrasion, which are laden with heavy metal additives that hinder degradation. Can fungi ...