"Symbolically, suddenly the melty beads took on a lot more meaning," Burke says. A plastic craft material often used by children, melty beads are arranged on a grid in patterns, then ironed to ...

A wipeout into a sea of rubbish over two decades ago prompted Ernest Goh to shed light on the growing plastic pollution crisis. The artist and photographer founded the “Ayer Ayer” project ...

There’s yet more evidence that exposure to plastics can be harmful to health. Recent research indicates that black plastic found in items like food containers, kitchen utensils, and toys often ...

New research shows that the concentration of microplastics in our bodies has grown as global plastic production has increased The study looked at brain, liver and kidney tissue from cadavers The ...

In early December 2024, hopes for a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution were dashed as negotiations in South Korea stalled. Leading the campaign against the deal were major oil ...

Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows. This appraisal of microplastics and ...

THE fight against plastic waste ramps up at the start of the year with the launch of two separate movements with similar goals and strategies last January. First, the National Plastic Action ...

An art installation of nearly 1,000 fake flamingos designed to highlight plastic in the oceans has caused confusion - as they are made from plastic. The piece 'Ramandu’s Table' by Bruce Munro is said ...

Their startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a ...

But the birds, collectively known as a flamboyance, have already caused consternation to some people due to the individual sculptures being made out of plastic. The installation, Ramandu’s Table by ...

The Consortium unites representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs), government agencies, and businesses in a shared mission to develop sustainable, community-driven solutions to plastic ...

“It kind of bothers me to see plastic things that will never decompose,” she said. “Three hundred years from now, this doll part will still be here. I was picking these things up, and then I ...