Microplastics

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Giant fish made with plastic bottles are exhibited at Botafogo beach, in Rio de Janeiro June 19, 2012.

Bringing New Life to Plastics

by Caroline Kantis

A look at how plastics are being reduced, reused, and recycled

Environment
A female delegate wearing a long sleeved black dress a blue surgical mask looks at a 30-foot sculpture made out of plastic bottles resembling a faucet, outside the UN Environment Programme Headquarters, in Nairobi, Kenya

The Emerging Health Crisis of Microplastic Debris

by Dick Vethaak, Concepción Martínez-Gómez

Microplastics are everywhere, including our bodies

A brown bird with a pale chest stands in a foam patch of polluted water in Santa Monica, California, on March 23, 2021.
Environment

Plastics Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg

by Matthew Savoca

Living in a world swimming in synthetic chemicals