Big things appeared first: empty bags of chips tangled in the reeds, grocery bags just beneath the surface, Styrofoam trays covered in mud, plastic bottles mixed in with other debris.

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - As Earth's largest animals, blue whales are mighty big eaters, gulping tons of food each day. They also now are ingesting huge amounts of plastic, according to ...

The small amount of plastic that is actually recyclable (primarily No. 1 and No. 2, PET and HDPE) is delivered to a facility where the plastic is shredded and ground.

Plastic has been found in the corpses of elephants in Sri Lanka, in human breast milk, in fish in Lake Michigan, in bottled water, in Antarctica.You’ve probably heard of the Great Pacific ...

Researchers estimate that blue whales may each consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day during their main feeding season as they chow down on plastic-filled prey.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- They're in makeup, groceries, our water, and our bodies. As we celebrate Earth Month, Jessica Oley joined Eyewitness News for a conversation about the tiny plastic ...

FIBCs are usually made of PP plastic and are designed to be tear-resistant, hard-wearing and cut- and scratch-resistant. “These are all properties that make the recycling process very demanding,” ...