Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent spill of bio-beads – small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s – has brought ...

The government has said it is "appalled" and called for a “thorough investigation” after huge numbers of plastic beads washed up on south coast beaches. Southern Water apologised for the spill, which ...

This week, Illinois became the first state in the country to ban exfoliating plastic beads. Good for Illinois. Plastic microbeads have been running off by the billions into the Great Lakes and the ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads. Some Mardi ...

Mardi Gras has a reputation for making a lot of trash. Waste can add up to millions of pounds each year. But some Krewes are finding new ways to cut down on their environmental footprint. At the Krewe ...

Dr Emily May Stevenson is a director of Beach Guardian CIC. Pennie Lindeque does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this ...

A recent spill of bio-beads—small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s—has brought renewed attention to a problem that has been quietly accumulating in coastal ...