Heat waves, floods, wildfires and the like are an ongoing reminder that climate change is already here. Mankind’s actions have permanently changed the world and it’s only getting worse. The news is ...

Pangaia, a two-year-old fashion brand focused on material innovation, is on a mission to find an alternative to recycled plastic. For decades, fashion brands have relied on plastic because it is cheap ...

Plastic pollution is a massive problem, and the problem has become so bad that scientists have even found melted plastic ingrained in rocks on remote islands in Brazil. The plastic buildup also ...

CLEVELAND — Empty water bottles. Snack wrappers. Disposable cutlery and the clear wrap that it comes in. Every day we toss plastic in the trash and rarely think anything of it. As part of our ongoing ...

Born in 1970, Earth Day has evolved into one of the largest civic events of all time. When we observe the 54 th Earth Day on April 22, the health and safety of the planet couldn’t be timelier, ...

Really big systems, like ocean currents and weather, work on really big scales. And so too does your plastic waste, according to new research from Janice Brahney from the Department of Watershed ...

Imagine your favorite stretch of coastline—whitesand beaches, rocky tide pools, the cliffs of Dover, what have you. Now transport yourself ahead two decades, after plastic production and waste have ...

Plastic is everywhere. Just how omnipresent it has become animates Plastic Planet, the ambitious new exhibition created by multimedia artist, Calder Kamin. Not only just a physical object that ...

Using plastic bottles that contain the most liquid for the lowest packaging weight could help reduce plastic waste. Plastic pollution is a huge problem for the world, with much plastic waste reaching ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. More than 170 nations across the globe have backed a historic ...