Plastic Pollution

Floating plastic garbage has swamped a remote Pacific island once regarded as an environmental jewel and scientists say little can be done to save it while a throwaway culture persists. Henderson Island is an uninhabited coral atoll that lies almost exactly …

Another star-studded lineup is headed to Central Park. The eighth annual Global Citizen Festival is coming to New York City on Sept. 28. Tuesday morning, the charity announced its A-list slate of headliners: Queen & Adam Lambert, Pharrell Williams, Alic…

Indonesia has returned seven shipping containers of illegally imported waste to France and Hong Kong, an official said Tuesday, marking the latest move by a Southeast Asian nation to send back rubbish to their wealthy places of origin. The containers were lo…

Floating plastic garbage has swamped a remote Pacific island once regarded as an environmental jewel and scientists say little can be done to save it while a throwaway culture persists. Henderson Island is an uninhabited coral atoll that lies almost exactly …

Will plastic pollution end the world? Experts say it's possible

Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Nomalungelo Gina has welcomed the R25 million Japan-South Africa collaboration project that is aimed at combating plastic pollution. The three-year project which was launched in Pretoria, aims to support the South African p…

Polylactic acid is derived from plant material like corn sugar, potato or sugarcane, and is used to replace conventional plastic in a number of consumer goods. Visual: United States Department of Agriculture VIEWPOINTS: Partner content,…

Millions of people get their caffeine fix every morning by popping a coffee pod into their respective machines. In fact, according to the National Coffee Association and market-research firm Statista, 41 percent of Americans are in possession of a single-cup …

For the longest time, pockets of nothing but air were Nikes secret to making comfortable shoes. But today the company revealed its new Joyride technology, which instead fills shoe soles with thousands of tiny foam beads. Nike promises the new design increases…

Ocean2Ocean: 22-year old activist runs from East Coast to West Coast to fight the marine plastic pollution On July 26th, Sam Bencheghib, a 22-year old athlete, environmental activist, co-founder of Make a Change World and youth ambassador of Parley f…