Using Bacteria To Break Down Plastic Waste
Researchers have isolated bacteria that can help combat pollution by breaking down harmful plastic waste, but can it be used at scale to solve a global crisis?

Researchers have isolated bacteria that can help combat pollution by breaking down harmful plastic waste, but can it be used at scale to solve a global crisis?

YouTubers Mark Robers & MrBeast launched Team Seas, a program dedicated to removing plastic from the ocean. #teamseas

Lots of food packaging contains toxic chemicals that come into contact with foods during manufacturing, packaging or transportation.

Despite being made from carcinogens, expanded polystyrene is still prevalent today across the U.S. and around the world despite the risks.

Environmentalists are keeping their fingers crossed for an international treaty to ban single-use plastics….

So-called compostable plastic can only be composted in massive, high-heat industrial composters, and as such often ends up in landfills.

Only time will tell if a 2019 agreement signed by 170 countries to “significantly reduce” their use of plastic by 2030 will hold water…

Are plastic-eating microorganisms the solution to our plastic pollution woes? And if so do we have to slow down our production of plastic?

With impressive breadth and compelling urgency, the essays in Life in Plastic examine the arts and literature of the plastic age.

PPE waste is a big environmental concern now given we are discarding hundreds of billions of disposable masks & gloves every month globally.