A man filling a plastic container with gasoline - Kamila Kozioł/Getty Images Many people have a container of gas at home, in the garage, or inside a garden shed. Often it's for a lawn mower or other ...

Delegates from nearly every country gathered in Canada this week to hammer out the details of a global treaty to address ballooning plastic pollution. One source of division at the summit, which ...

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Plastics are valued for their durability, but that quality also makes them difficult to break down. Tiny pieces of debris known as microplastics persist in soil, water and air and threaten ecosystems ...