These tiny pieces of plastic are added to rinse-off products such as face scrubs, toothpastes and shower gels. Growing concern over the impact of these tiny plastic beads on marine life has ...

They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...

Yiwu International Trade City, in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang, is the world’s largest wholesale market for small commodities—and a plastic feast for the eyes. More than 70,000 ...

The author and editors take ultimate responsibility for the content. Wholesale distributors work behind the scenes, occupying a vital space in the supply chain between manufacturers and retailers.

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out your black plastic spatula.

By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been ...

Plastic is a really useful man-made material that has transformed our lives, but what happens after we throw it away is causing a big problem for our planet. Plastic waste can last for hundreds of ...

Trying to solve the world's ocean plastic pollution problem has been a "long and painful journey" for Dutch entrepreneur Boyan Slat. The 28-year-old founder of non-profit environmental ...

Wholesale real estate is one of them. It’s a legal strategy concerning the purchase of real estate that you don’t commit to buying yourself or make a down payment on. So, how does it work?