Researchers say that the new levels of microplastic pollution now ranges from 12-125 trillion, up from the previous estimate of 5-50 trillion.

An Ontario researcher is calling on society to take swift action to solve the growing problem of plastics accumulating in the Great Lakes.

A Canadian company believes the technology it helped fund will lead to cleaner oceans and reduce the amount of waste that gets dumped into them.

Plastic teabags are the ones that commonly come in a pyramid shape and are made of "silken" material.

Microplastics are "ubiquitous" but there's not much evidence to show that they're harmful, according to the World Health Organization.

Tests showed the material is polyethylene, the world’s most widely used plastic.

Researchers have estimated the amount of microplastics Americans might be consuming every day.

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly backed a wide-ranging ban on single-use plastics to counter pollution in seas, fields and waterways.

Experts are casting doubt over a new study that found microplastics in human stools for the first time, saying that the study was too small to draw any credible conclusion.

Plastic waste is piling up around the globe after China stopped accepting nearly half of the world's shipments of recyclables.