The US-based startup, founded by Rolex Laureate Miranda Wang, has transformed its LifeCycled™ waste into products such as ...

The European Parliament on Thursday definitively adopted rules clamping down on pollution from the tiny pellets that ...

At first glance, the tiny plastic pellets appear relatively harmless. No bigger than a lentil, these "nurdles" are destined ...

Plastic pellets, bio-beads and other microplastics are polluting coastlines around the world, with new research showing sharp regional differences in the types and concentrations of plastic found. The ...

Today, the Council adopted the regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets into the environment, following a provisional agreement with the European Parliament. The new regulation aims to ...

EU cracks down on plastic pellet pollution despite industry exemptions New EU regulations could cut plastic pellet pollution by 74%, but exemptions for smaller companies and reliance on self-reporting ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reported on the International Plastic Pellet Count Report by Environment America. The study revealed 49,256 plastic pellets collected from ...

PennEnvironment and Three Rivers Waterkeeper entered into a September 3rd Consent Decree and Order (“Consent Decree”) with BVPV Styrenics LLC and its parent company, Styropek USA, Inc. addressing ...

A new report highlights the scale of environmental pollution tied to the plastic pieces, prompting calls for a clampdown on discharges into waterways. Environmentalists are re-upping their calls for ...

This spring, citizen scientists across the country and the globe participated in the International Plastic Pellet Count, collecting small, usually round so-called “nurdles” on the shores of their ...

When Heather Hulton VanTassel went looking for plastic pellets in the Ohio River in 2021, she was simply trying to establish a baseline level of contamination. A new plastics facility was being ...

Potentially thousands of tiny plastic pellets have leaked into the Congaree River, littering the waterway south of Columbia and raising concerns about the toxic effects they could have on wildlife and ...