If you are thinking of heading out on your daily run, walk or hike, have a read of how the chemicals in your clothing could be affecting...

Poisoning. Dismemberment. Disease. It sounds like a horror film in the making. But this is the reality faced by many beneath the ocean’s sur

Many objects describe themselves as being recyclable or compostable. For example, take-away coffee cups, which at first sight seem to...

Plastic waste is mostly recycled mechanically – shredded, melted and shaped into new products. The UN has stated: 'chemical recycling...

Despite its 'pristine' public image, Switzerland’s environmental record turns out to have more holes than one of its famous cheeses....

'Plastic pollution has grown into an epidemic. With today’s resolution we are officially on track for a cure.' Espen Barth Eide, Minister...

The massive influx of plastic waste into our oceans is one of the most significant environmental crises currently impacting global...

France recently passed a groundbreaking law requiring all new washing machines sold in France to have filters that capture plastic...

Tyres are the second largest source of ocean microplastics, and new research has identified them as the source of a lethal toxin that’s...

First created for large playing fields, artificial grass can now be found in a whole range of businesses, schools, public roof terraces and private gardens. With more people aspiring to minimal maintenance lawns, the astroturf market has seen a huge increase. In fact it’s projected to reach 7 billion pounds by 2025 . But is it a good idea to be laying plastic all over our towns and cities? Aside from the fact it looks a little odd, there are many reasons astroturf is best avo

Every plastic product we use is made of small 5mm plastic pellets (the size of a lentil) called nurdles, which are melted and moulded...

Clean water is not just about how much you drink...

Teabags Use Plastic? We know plastic is hidden in all sorts of surprising things, but teabags take the biscuit. Lots of teabags have...