plastics

Microplastic pollution has been building up in the Great Lakes for at least four decades, but our understanding of its impact on fish and other aquatic…

As consumers rebel against plastic waste, there's a growing question: Do we invent something people can toss without harming the environment or do we change people by giving them a chance to reuse?

Plastic pollution is choking landfills, the oceans - even the air we breathe.Current recycling programs for plastics are inadequate to deal with the…

On today's Stateside, you've probably seen pictures of plastic pollution in the ocean forming giant islands or entrapping sea animals. But what happens…

There's a scene in the 1967 film The Graduate where a well-meaning friend of the family pulls Dustin Hoffman's character aside at his graduation party,…

Plastic pollution is all around us, from grocery bags that aren’t properly recycled to islands of plastic floating in the oceans. An industrial designer…

Local bans on plastic grocery bags wouldn't be permitted, under a bill in the state Senate.The bill would block local ordinances that regulate bags,…

Material that repairs itself after being shot? Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but what practical applications could this have? Researchers…

There’s plastic trash in every one of the Great Lakes.That plastic includes junk people leave at the beach, microbeads from consumer products such as…

A research expedition recently set sail from Chicago to search for a Great Lakes garbage patch.So-called "garbage patches" or islands are actually…