Mongolian herder Purev Batmunkh sighs as he picks through waste strewn across a field—the refuse of an unsightly and deadly waste pollution problem affecting swathes of the steppe. His country is ...

It takes 200 years for polyester clothing to break down meaning that every piece of polyester clothing ever made still exists today. Even for the most conscious consumers, it can be a challenge to ...

A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...

A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by 2030 is unlikely, potentially jeopardizing related Sustainable Development Goals. The authors emphasize ...

Scientists at the University of Stirling have developed a new method of monitoring the presence of pathogens in rivers polluted by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The number of discharges from ...

In his preliminary report, Orellana cited factories releasing hazardous waste into the Atoyac River in Puebla, industrial pig ...

Plastic bags tangled in trees. Takeout containers scattered along roadsides. Bottles clogging streams and waterways and washing up on beaches. Across the United States, plastic waste and pollution ...

Negotiators from 170 countries are nearing a deal on a global treaty to cut plastic waste, according to a United Nations official at the latest round of talks. But environmentalists say the plastic ...

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste—more than 400 million metric tons a year. To bring this fact a bit closer to home, the U.S. produced an average of 0.75 pounds of plastic waste per person each ...

From the very beginning of production, vapes are devastating for the environment. Sourcing raw materials for these products is highly resource intensive, requiring not just plastics, but heavy metals, ...

Along the banks of the Jukskei River in Alexandra, Johannesburg, a man wades through murky water searching for bottles and scrap to sell. He says his name is Petrus and prefers not to have his surname ...

Fig.1. Aquatic ecosystems at higher risk of receiving land-based waste. Dark blue highlights key areas (including rivers and their basins, and coastal zones) with the highest risk of receiving ...