Hundreds of millions of microplastic particles could be flowing into UK rivers, hidden in raw sewage
The amount of microplastics in the environment is being significantly underestimated, research shows.
Primary Results
How to find the most sustainable and long‑lasting children’s toys
The most thoughtful gifts can also be the most sustainable, and last long after Christmas has ended.
If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10% – and we’re set for a huge surge in production
The more plastic, the more waste we produce. It sounds simple, but this discovery could help us find ways of ending plastic pollution.
We found a germ that ‘feeds’ on hospital plastic – new study
We discovered how a plastic-eating enzyme made a germ more harmful.
Good news, beach lovers: our research found 39% less plastic waste around Australian coastal cities than a decade ago
A CSIRO study has found 39% less plastic pollution in and around Australian coastal cities over ten years. It also found more places with no rubbish at all.
The good news about plastic waste
Everyone knows that plastic waste is an environmental problem. So let’s get creative with it.
We say plastic bags are for life, but they still end up hanging from trees
The European Parliament has voted in a draft law aimed at halving the use of plastic bags across the continent by 2017, and further reducing them by at least 80% by 2019. This positive move is aimed at…
Why some plastic packaging is necessary to prevent food waste and protect the environment
Food waste could be worse than plastic when it comes to harming the environment.
Most plastic waste is contaminated – our new ‘nano’ recycling tech embraces this messy reality
Contamination tolerance shapes the economics of recycling.
Ten ‘stealth microplastics’ to avoid if you want to save the oceans
Microbeads from cosmetics are just a drop in the ocean. Other microplastics are more pervasive and just as dangerous.
Secondary Results
