Plastic

The Story of Stuff Project’s Stiv Wilson talks about an upcoming film that traces the life cycle of plastic and the people leading the fight against it.

What if we’d listened to the researchers who first warned us about plastic pollution in the 1970s?

Experts have recommended how the United States can drastically curb the use of throwaway plastics with new federal legislation. 

An expanding petrochemical industry, thanks to fracked shale gas, could have big consequences for a warming planet.

We have five questions for teenagers Carter and Olivia Ries, founders of One More Generation and the One Less Straw campaign.

Chemicals collect in microplastics, which then get eaten by fish, birds and seals — and by humans.

Ecotourism brings valuable funds for conservation to the islands, but it also delivers a torrent of garbage that could damage this unique ecosystem.

Laws have banned plastic bags in some places, but taking the next steps requires overcoming some pretty major hurdles.

Some people think beach cleanup efforts don’t accomplish much. They’re missing part of the picture.

Beach cleanup efforts in Thailand illustrate the global problem of plastic pollution.