The Conversation

Most plastics are made from fossil fuels and end up in the ocean, but marine microbes can’t degrade them – new research

Victor Gambarini was supported by a Ph.D. stipend from the George Mason Centre for the Natural Environment (New Zealand). Additional support was provided by the Aotearoa Impacts and Mitigation of ...
Nature

Giving plastics a whole lease of life

Recycling plastics is challenging, but new technology could produce high-quality materials for car and computer components, all while helping tackle the pollution crisis. 25 June 2025 Discarded ...
Newsday

Failure of talks for plastic treaty turn focus back to reduce, reuse, recycle. How's that going?

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 ...
WBAY

This Earth Day, do you know which plastics can be recycled?

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Earth Day is less than a week away, on April 22. This year’s theme is “Planet versus Plastics,” an initiative to get people to reduce their use of plastics. Every year, about ...