Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar to ...

Plastic food packaging, caps and lids, and plastic bottles are the planet’s predominant items of marine litter, according to the world’s first overview of marine litter by usage type. The new research ...

A new study by the University of Portsmouth shows that plastic items make up more than seven in ten pieces of litter recorded across the UK, with countryside locations and public recreation areas ...

An estimated 52 million metric tons of plastic is spilling uncontrolled into the environment every year, according to a new study (Nature 2024, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07758-6). By weight, 43% of this ...

The Take the Garbage with You initiative, founded by Prof. Michal Zion, from the Faculty of Education and the Center for Energy and Sustainability at Bar-Ilan University, introduces a new approach to ...

The Kukuom Traditional Council in the Ahafo Region has announced a tough crackdown on sanitation offenders as part of efforts to restore environmental cleanliness and protect the community from the ...

With all the rain lately, we've had the opportunity to see stormwater runoff at its “best.” As rainwater that is unable to soak into the ground puddles and then runs downhill, it collects and brings ...

On this week’s episode, Rex sits down with Suzanne Hirrel and Norm Berner of Keep Little Rock Beautiful to “talk about trash.” The primary topic of discussion in this episode is Hirrel and Berner's ...

A new anti-littering campaign is urging visitors to take responsibility for rubbish they leave behind.

A local environmental group is closing in on the milestone of removing 10 million pieces of litter from local communities, ...

Florida needs a better deterrent to littering, given the worldwide reaction to a disturbing video that came out of the recent Boca Bash event. The current punishment for dumping less than 15 pounds or ...