Finding microplastics in human body parts is not new: Scientists have uncovered the minuscule waste products in human blood, lungs, brains, hearts and testicles. But a new study, published Monday in ...

APRIL 24, 2024 – A research paper published today in Science Advances reveals a direct correlation between plastic production and plastic pollution, such that every 1% increase in plastic production ...

As plastic production has skyrocketed over the past several decades, wealthy countries have benefited enormously — from increasingly lightweight, affordable products, for example. The full social and ...

Ahead of the next round of United Nations negotiations for a legally binding plastics treaty in Geneva, or INC-5.2, an international consortium of scientists recently published a peer-reviewed ...

Nations kicked off a meeting on Tuesday to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis that affects every ecosystem and person on the planet. It’s the sixth time ...

As the plastics treaty heads toward the finish line, the debate over limits or caps on virgin resin production has gotten louder, with the Biden administration and now some global businesses publicly ...

New 625,000 metric ton-per-year PE production unit delivers state-of-the-art products with breakthrough improvements in production flexibility and environmental performance: more than doubles Baystar ...

New 625,000 metric ton-per-year PE production unit delivers state-of-the-art products with breakthrough improvements in production flexibility and environmental performance: more than doubles Baystar ...

Just a day after the conclusion of the United Nations’ annual climate conference in Azerbaijan, diplomats began convening in Busan, South Korea, for a separate bout of discussions — this time over ...

Flames shoot out across an area bigger than a football field, and the glare can be seen in the sky for miles. The sound is like hundreds of thousands of gas burners in concert, and a terrible smell ...