Susanne Rust inspects the waste accumulated over a week at her home. U.S. studies show that only about 5% of the more than 50 million tons of annual plastic waste gets recycled. (Gary Coronado / Los ...

It's in our bodies: our lung tissue, our blood and in the dark, tarry first defecation of newborns. It's been discovered in the deepest recesses of the ocean and in the snow of pristine alpine peaks ...

The business of plastic is a lucrative one. In 2022, the industry was valued at more than 600-billion dollars. But all that plastic is turning up in our oceans, water supplies and even inside our ...