Plastics and The Ecosystem

Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time. The accumulation of petroleum-based plastics is having devastating effects on our environment, wildlife, and human health. In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology revealed a bacterium that is not only able to degrade difficult-to-recycle […]

Plastic waste flowing into the oceans is expected to nearly triple in volume in the next 20 years. Although efforts to reduce the wastes have been made, it is a dent in the tsunami of waste. According to the paper published in the Journal Science, previous estimates put the amount of plastic reaching the oceans

Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic debris in the environment resulting from the breakdown of larger plastic items. They are harmful to the environment because they do not biodegrade readily. They have been found in dust, food, fruit, bottled water, and, as a consequence, animal and human faeces, according to a recent study. Human exposure

The plastic we use unthinkingly every single day, the plastic we throw away without a moment’s thought, lives on within our environment. In nature, such plastic kills our wildlife, as many animals mistake it for food. A research from the University of the South Pacific compared the offshore concentrations of microplastics with those closer to