Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem

Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum ...
CNN

How extreme weather is making plastic pollution more mobile, more persistent and more hazardous

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...
The Conversation

Huge amounts of plastic waste goes unnoticed – here’s what to do about it

Research Fellow, Ethical Consumption, Revolution Plastics Institute, University of Portsmouth Cressida Bowyer receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Medical ...
Engadget

Will the UN finally broker a treaty to end plastic pollution?

To tackle what's been called the plastic "epidemic," the UN spun up a committee in 2022 tasked with brokering a legally binding global agreement. This ambitious treaty between UN member states was to ...
The Conversation

Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem

University of Portsmouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing ...