Scientists find that most of the microplastics and the 'forever chemicals' known as PFAS cycle through landfills and wastewater treatment plants and end up back in the environment.

A University of Illinois study has new findings concerning the fate of microplastics and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, ...

Discover the often-overlooked impacts of traditional paints and explore how sustainable alternatives can contribute to a ...

Scientists analyzed the liquid waste, or leachate, released by four Illinois landfills and the inflows and outflows of associated wastewater treatment plants to determine the fate of two contaminants: ...

We’re in the midst of a rapidly escalating global plastics crisis. More than 11 billion metric tons of virgin plastics were ...

Microplastics and PFAS flow into wastewater treatment plants from landfill leachate, left, and from storm and sanitary sewers ...

While photos of littered beaches and floating garbage patches are unsettling, perhaps the most problematic plastic is barely ...

To gather the raw materials, she uses a custom wheelchair to scour the nearby beach every month to gather microplastics that ...

A new study in the North Pacific Garbage Patch indicates a rapid increase in small plastic fragments, outpacing the ...

A study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals that centimeter-sized plastic fragments are increasing much ...

A civil fraud case reveals that the hydrogen fueling stations promoted by Toyota, Shell, and Chevron never worked in the ...