Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're ...
A recent spill of bio-beads—small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s—has brought renewed attention to a problem that has been quietly accumulating in coastal ...
Despite advances in wastewater treatment, tiny plastic particles called microplastics are still slipping through, posing potential health and environmental hazards, according to new research from The ...
Plants are quietly absorbing microplastics from soil and air, and those particles can work their way into our food and ecosystems, according to a new review by researchers at Nankai University in ...
Local MP Helena Dollimore has presented a petition to Parliament calling on water companies to end use of plastic beads.