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As 2025 draws to a close, environmental advocates across the U.S. find themselves weighing a year marked by both setbacks and ...

After conducting a necropsy, officials determined that the young pygmy whale had a nearly empty stomach. The only contents ...

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Environmental advocates notched key wins at local and state levels this year despite Trump rollbacks ...

Plastic quietly piles up in Vietnam’s cities, a relentless tide of thin shopping bags, foam food containers and disposable ...

A new biodegradable plastic from plant cellulose breaks down in seawater without microplastics. It may be a sustainable ...

Villagers call for support as plastic waste piles up. Waste disposal remains one of the biggest challenges for residents ...

The global biodegradable packaging market size was US$ 85.7 billion in 2021. The global biodegradable packaging market is forecast to grow to US$ 131.8 billion by 2030 by growing at a compound annual ...

Two Boston College scientists have been awarded research grants by the National Science Foundation and the Mathers Foundation. Assistant Professor of Chemistry Jia Niu received a five-year, $675,000 ...

Designing plastics that can be broken down easily after their use phase have often required a trade-off between stability and ...

The Southeast Asian nation produces nearly two million tonnes of plastic waste each year, most of it unrecycled.