A Useful New Life for Waste Plastic

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Nov 3, 2019 Reuse is a critical part of a more sustainable life, and Swedish scientists have found a way to directly recycle strewn materials. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Plastic Island

Steve Sack / The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN Jun 27, 2019 Dig deeper

Plastic Particles Infest the Arctic

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 28, 2018 Tiny bits have been found in every sample of Arctic sea ice collected. But the ice can only hold these indestructible pollutants for so long. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Plastic Particles Threaten to Swamp the Planet

Paul Brown / Climate News Network Mar 4, 2018 The nearly indestructible bits are now present in every liter of ocean water and could pose a threat to life as great as climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Study Finds 94 Percent of U.S. Tap Water Contaminated With Plastic

Emma Niles / Truthdig Sep 9, 2017 An investigation by Orb Media finds that microplastic fibers exist in high levels in tap water around the world. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ocean Trash

Steve Sack / The Minneapolis Star Tribune / Cagle Cartoons Aug 7, 2017 Dig deeper

You May Be Breathing In Little Pieces of Plastic

Staff / Truthdig May 9, 2016 An environmental health expert warns that microplastic, long known to damage marine life, could be entering the air. And the consequences to the human body are unknown. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Oceans Will Be Swimming With More Plastic Than Fish by 2050, Report Warns

Staff / Truthdig Jan 20, 2016 A new report by the World Economic Forum says 8 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year-- the equivalent of one garbage truckload of waste every minute. The report projects that by 2050, the weight of plastic in the seas will exceed that of the fish. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: Melting Arctic Ice Will Dump More Than 1 Trillion Pieces of Plastic Into the Sea

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig May 28, 2014 The ice patches due to melt will unleash an amount of plastic waste more than double the size of Texas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Are Any Plastics Safe?’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 5, 2014 Mother Jones reporter Mariah Blake tells Amy Goodman there is new research suggesting that even BPA-free plastics contain chemicals that can act like estrogen in the body and cause disease. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Those Beads in Your Body Wash? They’re Harming Ecosystems

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2014 "Microbeads" -- bits of plastic no bigger than grains of salt, which absorb industrial toxins after being flushed down drains -- are floating along the Los Angeles River and into the Pacific Ocean. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

With My Crossbow, I Shot the Albatross

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 20, 2013 A new film showing how Pacific albatrosses are falling prey to plastic trash promises to take you on a journey "through the eye of beauty, across an ocean of grief, and beyond." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )