Microplastics are making it harder for oceans to absorb greenhouse gases, study warns - Researchers say tackling plastic ...

A sharp increase in greenhouse gas emissions from the petrochemical industry — which includes plastic, fertilizer and pharmaceutical companies — threatens to erode climate benefits from reductions in ...

"Plastics are the new coal," declares Beyond Plastics. "Pollution from the plastics industry is a major force behind the heating of the planet," reports The Hill. The Natural Resources Defense Council ...

Research shows microplastics are flooding the oceans, lessening their ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process critical to regulating Earth’s temperature. SHARJAH, EMIRATE OF SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB ...

Plastics play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from McKinsey & Co. The report, "Climate impact of plastics," compares plastics and alternative ...

Need another reason to hate plastics piling up in the environment? A study in the journal PLOS ONE on Wednesday found that degrading plastics emit powerful greenhouse gases like methane and ethylene, ...

When it comes to a cleaner environment, there’s a lot of work to be done. This includes finding ways to manage substances produced by humans that further contribute to climate change and the damaging ...

Substituting plastics with alternative materials is likely to result in increased GHG emissions, according to research from the University of Sheffield. The study by Dr. Fanran Meng from Sheffield's ...

There are few more villainous products in the eyes of hardcore environmentalists than plastics. Plastics are difficult to recycle, they complain. The production of plastics emits lots of carbon ...