Every day is Earth Day for a Minneapolis-based market. Its sustainability efforts keep thousands of pounds of waste from ...

Scientific studies on nine major waterways reveal an 'alarming' pollution by small particles. For the first time, a bacterium ...

The world is littered with trillions of micro- and nanoscopic pieces of plastic. These can be smaller than a virus -- just the right size to disrupt cells and even alter DNA. Researchers find them ...

Picture this: you're lounging on a beautiful beach, soaking up the sun and listening to the soothing sound of the waves. You ...

Straws may be considered a small thing in daily life, but they touch the world so much. Now that plastic pollution is making ...