plastics

The federal government's ban on plastic straws and grocery bags is in question after the Federal Court ruled Ottawa had overstepped its bounds in designating all "plastic manufactured items" as toxic.

The first complete "scientific health check" shows most global systems are beyond the stable range in which modern civilization emerged.

In a world facing widespread water shortages, rising emissions and escalating inequity, becoming mindful about our fashion choices is seen as a moral imperative by more and more of us each year, says Marley Alles, who started a clothing rental company.

Researchers sampled 19 strains of bacteria and 15 of fungi growing on free-lying or intentionally buried plastic kept in the ground for one year in Greenland, Svalbard and Switzerland in a potential breakthrough for recycling.

Natural History Museum scientists say plasticosis, which scars the digestive tract, is likely to affect other types of birds, too.

Simple things like washing festive plastic knitwear on the gentle cycle can reduce microfibre shedding by 70 per cent and better protect marine ecosystems, a recent Ocean Wise study shows.

Most plastics marketed as “home compostable” don’t actually work, with as much as 60 per cent failing to disintegrate after six months, according to new research.

It is time to shift our lens and bring into focus that our society’s plastic addiction has become a matter of life and death.

Studies show that various human pathogens cling to microplastics in sea water.

Several major plastic manufacturers have turned to the courts to stop the federal government from implementing a ban on several single-use plastic items.

Environmentalists are warning that slow-release nitrogen fertilizers, central to Canada's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on farms, are filling fields with microscopic plastic pollution.

The UN environment assembly resolution is being hailed as the biggest climate deal since the 2015 Paris accord.

Community groups are pulling increasing amounts of plastic debris from the B.C. shellfish industry off their shores while Fisheries and Oceans Canada does little to enforce rules that deal with the problem, say coastal stewards.

Chemical companies have produced more chemicals — including plastics — than the planet can safely sustain without potentially crossing a planetary boundary and causing irreversible harm to the environment or human health, says a team of international researchers.

Tiny particles, including tire dust, have been found in ice cores stretching back 50 years, showing the extent of global plastic contamination.