A bag floating in a puddle in Sunnyside, Queens. When the ban was announced in 2020, state officials said New Yorkers used 23 billion plastic bags each year, 85 percent of which ended up in ...

In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer ...

So when Nathalie Tufenkji, a professor of chemical engineering at Montreal University, ordered a tea at a coffee shop one ...

Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry sea turtles, it's nearly impossible to distinguish between jellyfish and floating plastic ...

An East Texas man drowned Tuesday afternoon after trying to grab his wallet that fell in a lake. Game Warden Capt. Shawn Hervey said game wardens were dispatched around 4:30 p.m. to Lake Wright Patman ...

A total of 7,500 particles were estimated to be floating in each bag, which would have then been injected directly into a ...

chances are you might still have a few floating around your house. You could drop them off at a local grocery or department ...

Exhibition highlights how consumption impacts environment Wondering where to get your art and culture fix this spring? The ...

initiative; the cover featured a striking photograph of a plastic bag floating in the sea, shot by Mexican photographer Jorge Gamboa. The top half of the bag sticking out of the water looks eerily ...