A team of researchers has demonstrated a cutting-edge plant-based plastic bag that can dissolve in water without producing ...

However, the plastic bag problem is nothing compared to dumped waste from ships, commercial fishing industry waste eg lost nets.Military waste dumping via live round exercises,chemical and ...

International Plastic Bag Free Day is observed every year on July 3 to raise awareness about the harmful effects of single-use plastic bags on the environment. The day aims to encourage people ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. EGYPT, RED SEA - DECEMBER 2007: Overview of plastic pollution ...

Banning or charging for plastic bags is helping stop them ending up on US shorelines, a study of the country's litter suggests. Data from thousands of cleanups showed that areas which tried to reduce ...

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These ...