"Alarming" levels of microplastic have been found in major rivers across Europe according to scientists in 14 studies ...

Scientific studies on nine major waterways reveal an 'alarming' pollution by small particles. For the first time, a bacterium ...

Some 11 tonnes of plastic pellets has been collected so far and will be transported a waste transfer station in Louth ...

Dillon Baxter of PlantSwitch moved quickly after his company’s funding fell through, a situation all too common these days.

Tiny plastic pellets, known as nurdles, washed up after the Solong cargo ship struck the Stena Immaculate oil tanker off the ...

The boss of Chase Plastics in Brandon, Suffolk, aired a host of challenges facing the UK plastics recycling industry with his local MP.

An attempt to set a new world record for the largest ensemble of kazoo players may have fallen well short of its goal, but ...

A container ship which collided with a US tanker in the North Sea, leading to its captain being charged with gross negligence ...

A specialist vacuum device is being used to lift plastic pellets washed up on beaches following a collision involving two ...

Police used pepper spray, plastic pellets and water cannon against protesters in Turkey’s capital early Thursday, the latest ...

Demonstrations involving hundreds of thousands of largely peaceful protesters have swept across major cities, including ...