Kitbashing is taking miniatures from multiple model kits and mixing the pieces together to create something new. But it’s nothing like building with Legos, since those tiny little arms ...

Plastics are inescapable in our daily lives. The vast amounts of plastic garbage heaped in landfills and in the environment, however, are as problematic as the plastics are useful. A research team has ...

Most small plastics don’t get recycled, and putting them in your bins could end up doing more harm than good, experts say.

"This is incredibly exciting, as up to now we have not had a tool for detecting plastics in coastal environments from space." ...

While deep-diving whales have been around for a long time, plastic garbage reached their world only in the last decades. “These items are fairly new in their environment,” Savoca says.

Ninety percent of river trash in Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea is plastic, with bottles comprising the greatest portion of plastic river waste in Taiwan, a Greenpeace East Asia study found ...

When cooking or serving with black plastic utensils, like spatulas, tongs and ladles, the toxic materials inside can seep ...

the trash can be spotted from space. Guffogg's findings, published in a study in Marine Pollution Bulletin, show how the use of satellites to locate plastic waste on beaches could aid efforts to ...

(Image: Wiley) Less than 10% of the plastic produced in the world is recycled. Plastic waste is accumulating in landfills and waterways, threatening wildlife and the environment. By 2025, this pile of ...

The Middlebury Institute wants to change that, by diverting 65% of its waste from landfill this year. Trash Bash is tracking its progress. Once a year, volunteers suit up in protective jumpsuits, ...