Each recyclable plastic is coded with a number, from one to seven, and according to the American Chemistry Council, each ID ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

And of that waste, a staggering 6.3 billion tons never made it to a recycling bin—a figure that stunned the scientists who crunched the numbers in 2017. No one knows how much unrecycled plastic ...

Nations could agree in December on a world-first treaty to reduce the amount of plastic leaking into the environment which, ...

Most plastic food containers have a triangle on the bottom containing a number from one to seven, which identifies the type of plastic used to make it. The Academy says the safest choices for food ...

A rising tide of plastic waste is choking our oceans, threatening fragile ecosystems and killing sea life. While plastic has revolutionised our way of life since it was invented in the 1950s, the ...

Despite global concerns over the accumulation of plastic waste, the drive to produce new plastics shows no signs of slowing down. According to OECD data, the world’s annual plastic production ...

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

We flushed plastic balls, sponges, and water-filled condoms to identify the toilets that don’t clogThe best toilets in our ...

A global treaty to end plastic pollution may be in jeopardy, negotiators and environmentalists said Thursday, with new signs ...