Also known as superworms, the scavengers are able to digest the plastic, opening up the possibility of harnessing their abilities to help tackle our pollution crisis.

Seabirds in Norway use fishing debris to construct nests.

A phthalate commonly found in shampoos, cosmetics, and cleaning products disrupts reproduction in worms.

Britain’s largest university aims to eliminate single-use plastics, in the lab and elsewhere around campus, by 2024. How exactly the institution plans to meet that goal is yet to be determined.

Researchers collected trash that washed up at Gulf Coast shoreline sites over two years. Most of it was plastic.

The plastic ingredients BPS and diphenyl sulfone cause chromosomal abnormalities, and the effects can last for generations.

The 600-meter-long structure will tackle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—a huge buildup of trash floating between California and Hawaii—but not everyone thinks it will work.

The materials are a previously unaccounted-for source of methane and ethylene, researchers find.

Across the US, laboratories are finding creative ways to minimize the amount of plastic they throw away.