This footage showcases an impressive example of animal intellect and ecological consciousness from an unexpected avian participant. The segment features a resourceful bird skillfully transporting a ...

Plastic pollution has emerged as one of our most pressing environmental issues with the increasing use of disposable plastics. As they are non-biodegradable, plastics accumulate in the environment, ...

Plastics are an integral part of our lives: our clothing is made of synthetic fibers, our household appliances have plastic ...

Plastic pollution is easy to visualize given that many rivers are choked with such waste and the oceans are littered with it. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a massive collection of plastic and other ...

Dear EarthTalk: What are some examples of ways food and drink producers are fighting the ever-growing torrent of plastic waste they have helped create? -- Stacy Y., Raleigh, NC As more people become ...

For those of you over a certain age, you may remember this now famous line from the movie, The Graduate, delivered by the character Mr. McGuire to Benjamin Braddock, played by the actor Justin Hoffman ...

Engineered yeast has been used to turn two difficult waste streams into food ingredients. In NASA-backed work, the organism ...

A new study on plastic pollution from University of Leeds researchers in the United Kingdom used artificial intelligence to model waste management in more than 50,000 municipalities around the world.

Around the world, an estimated 20 million people make a living by collecting discarded plastic, aluminum, and other refuse from dumpsites and landfills and selling it to recyclers. They’re called ...

Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...