CLEVELAND, Ohio — The latest exhibition on view at SPACES — “Everlasting Plastics” — offers more than just an art show. It’s the right thing for right now and so pertinent to what our watershed has ...

Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year . . . from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is calling for the creation of a national extended producer responsibility (EPR) framework for plastics, an increased emphasis on the environmental and health ...

Negotiations are underway in Geneva on a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that has been in the works for several years, as the crisis of pollution from plastics worldwide has grown more acute.

Fast-fashion brands have only upped the production with ultra-fast fashion garments, made in as little as a week, full of plastics and short-lasting, now accounting for up to a third of the entire ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution, which outlines opportunities to protect communities from the impacts of plastic production and ...

Despite widespread adoption and advancements across the modern world, plastic production has lasting negative implications for human health. As part of the Foltyn Seminar series, this year’s seminar ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1864 Scientific American published a competition launched by a billiard-table ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The average American ingests about 5 grams of plastic per week — the equivalent of a credit card. Exposure to ...