Helge Niemann, professor and one of the study’s authors, emphasized the scale of the pollution: “This estimate shows there is ...

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New research finds an estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastics in the North Atlantic, raising concerns for marine ecosystems and human health.

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A new Europe-focused study reveals that polyethylene (PE), the most widely used packaging material in Europe, has lower life ...

In Canada, plastic recycling tracking suffers from the same lack of standardization and transparency as recycling in general.

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A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.