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Researchers examined 40 hermit crabs off the coast of England and found that they may be "sexually excited" by oleamide, a plastic additive, in the water.

No, Plastic Pollution Isn’t Driving Crabs Into a Sexual Frenzy

By Victor Tangermann

In international team of researchers are ringing the alarm bells, warning that our global plastic pollution problem may be nearing a point of no return.

Scientists Say World Is Approaching Non-Reversible “Tipping Point” in Plastic Pollution

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers Find 2,000 Plastic Bags Inside Camel

Science & Energy

Researchers Find 2,000 Plastic Bags Inside Camel

By Tony Ho Tran

An environmental group filed a lawsuit last week against big plastic polluters for knowingly misleading the public about how much plastic is being recycled.

Anti-Coke Lawsuit: “Plastic Is Set to Outweigh Fish in the Ocean”

By Victor Tangermann

Ocean waves are slamming plastic pollution against an island's coastline, causing a potentially dangerous plastic crust to form on the rocks.

Why Is a Strange Plastic Crust Spreading on This Island’s Coast?

By Kristin Houser

A team from Berkeley has found a way to make recycled plastic far more useful by breaking the bonds between chemicals in the material.

This New Plastic Can Be Recycled Repeatedly

By Kristin Houser

To address the world's plastic problem, startup Loliware has created seaweed straws that can be composted or allowed to biodegrade in the ocean.

Seaweed Straw “Looks, Feels, and Acts Like Plastic,” Says Startup

By Kristin Houser

New Service Delivers Name-Brand Goods Then Returns for the Packaging

By Kristin Houser

Microorganisms That Eat Seaweed Can Create Biodegradable Plastic

By Kristin Houser

Boyan Slat, the 24-year-old behind the Ocean Cleanup, is confident that his plastic-corralling barrier could still work despite initial issues.

Ocean Cleanup Barrier Isn’t Catching Plastic, but Could Be Soon

By Kristin Houser

The Ocean Cleanup is finally ready to put its plastic-wrangling boom to the test cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

A Huge Trap Is Ready to Start Gobbling Up Ocean Plastic “Like A Giant Pac-Man”

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Starbucks Is Replacing Plastic Straws With “Sippy Cups” for Adults

The Digest: Starbucks Is Replacing Plastic Straws With “Sippy Cups” for Adults

By Kristin Houser

Stop Whining That Your Plastic Straws Are Disappearing. Be Glad They’re Not Ending Up In Oceans.

Stop Whining That Your Plastic Straws Are Disappearing. Be Glad They’re Not Ending Up In Oceans.

By Claudia Geib

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Blue Planet II Has Inspired the BBC to Ban All Plastic Containers and Utensils by 2020

A Possible Culprit in the Infertility Crisis: Plastic

Health & Medicine

A Possible Culprit in the Infertility Crisis: Plastic

The U.K. Just Installed Its First “Seabin” to Clean Plastic-Polluted Waters

The U.K. Just Installed Its First “Seabin” to Clean Plastic-Polluted Waters

By Chelsea Gohd

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Sir David Attenborough Calls For Action Against Plastic Pollution

Tap Water Could Be Swimming With Tiny Plastic Particles

Tap Water Could Be Swimming With Tiny Plastic Particles