Evidence is accumulating that microplastics found nearly everywhere are also invading our bodies. What should you do?

Amazon’s Sustainable Materials Innovation Lab is trying to design a kind of plastic that's cleaner to make—and easier to ...

Renée Sharp, director of plastics and petrochemical advocacy at the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council, called this a “deceptive greenwashing scheme” because it allows companies to say that ...

Some 460 million metric tons of plastic are produced globally each year, out of which a staggering 91% of plastic waste is ...

To put a label on the whole thing, my opinion is that she’s trying to get revenge,” Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Yuriy ...

Shell Polymers will use pyrolysis oil derived from recycled plastics to make polyethylene resin at its complex in Monaca, Pa.

Karen Read returned to Norfolk Superior Court Thursday for another full day of testimony in her murder retrial.

A team of researchers has developed a cost-effective, high-throughput technology for detecting nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment. These particles are pervasive, posing health and ...

Across Massachusetts, people who are struggling to make ends meet have lost their driver's licenses as punishment for their ...

Microplastics—fragments of plastic smaller than 5mm—are accumulating in the environment. They're found in soil, water, food, ...

More than 16,000 chemicals are used to produce plastics — and some are silently killing us. Particularly worrisome is ...