Weathering doesn’t fully break them down. Instead, it fragments them into smaller, altered particles that can persist in soils for years. And their toxicity doesn’t vanish either. While fresh ...

Adoption is growing across outdoor apparel, athleisure, and protective workwear as the global textile supply chain prepares for Performance Days Munich and the Functional Fabric Fair Portland.

Disposable diapers and agricultural water retention products rely on fossil-based superabsorbent polymers (SAP) that contribute to microplastic pollution and persistent plastic waste. Backed by over a ...

Microplastics gather anti-biotic resistant bacteria as they move through water, allowing microbes to spread from polluted sites into rivers.

Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...

Here, there and everywhere: Due to its minuscule size and its ease of scattering, glitter is more harmful than other sorts of microplastics. Glitter (Credit: Nika Akin / CC0 Public Domain) I’ve been ...

Cigarette butts are the most common form of litter worldwide. Trillions are discarded every year in cities, parks, beaches, along railway tracks and roadside environments. Despite their small size, ...

A study published in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Review has assessed the presence of microplastics in drinking water sources in Southern India. The work provides new evidence of the spread of ...

Explore the urgent issue of ocean plastic pollution and its impact on marine life and human health. Find out how to help.

As the global textile industry intensifies efforts to address microplastic fiber pollution, Intrinsic Advanced Materials (IAM ...

Disposable diapers and agricultural water retention products rely on fossil-based superabsorbent polymers (SAP) that contribute to microplastic pollution and persistent plastic waste. Backed by over a ...