When China banned plastic waste imports in 2018, countries like the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, and Japan didn't stop exporting plastic waste—they diverted their shipments to countries ...

As more countries ban waste imports, plastic waste generators like the US will need to find better solutions. A few states are putting more responsibility on producers.

Dame Meg Hillier has said successive governments are "balancing the books on the back of people who have taken out student loans".

It’s a thumbs up from the country’s 3 million students, who can now buy cheap meals up to twice a day

Letters: Our life expectancy is not simply our personal responsibility, writes Jennie Popay

Supporters of deregulation want Europe to be more like the US. But that would serve only American interests, says Alberto Alemanno, a professor of EU law

As temperatures soar past 46°C in India, an extreme heatwave is filling hospitals. But harm to women occurs in ways health statistics don’t show.

Global study finds wrappers, bottles and lids on shorelines of 93% of countries analysed as UN talks to tackle issue in turmoil

Watchdog group glued trackers to 53 of the chain’s cups across nine states and found none ended up at a recycling facility

In an era of climate anxiety, a Dutch nonprofit is developing river-based technology that could dramatically cut ocean plastic within decades

Experts are warning that consumers will see a rise in prices for a variety of plastic consumer goods due to the war with Iran.

Tiny particles from certain lab gloves look like microplastics, and they can contaminate samples, new study finds.

Host Garry Aslanyan was joined by Catherine Kyobutungi and Ricardo Baptista Leite for a conversation on how misinformation spreads, why trust in science has

Reform, Tory and some media rhetoric runs contrary to poll showing far more voters for net zero than against it

In this affecting documentary, an epidemiologist asks six couples struggling to conceive to reduce their exposure to plastics and see if it helps. The results are startling – and prove that we should ...

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Ahead of the EARTH Scholarships Impact Symposium in April 2026, resident blogger Jelena Sofronijevic introduces a series of posts from this year’s cohort.

A healthy and sustainable planet means supporting action based on scientific evidence, not misinforming people with catchy phrases and political rhetoric.

Just 15% of Europe’s plastic waste gets recycled, but we can do better.

What is behind the growing anger over plan 2 student loans and what could reforms mean for graduates?

Plastic production has doubled over the last 20 years – and will likely double again. For author Beth Gardiner, metal water bottles and canvas tote bags are not the solution. So what is?

Reform of this stealth tax is long overdue – and with it, a shake-up of the whole university system, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

A University of Leeds academic who led the research says they were

Latest university accounts show a surplus of £43 million despite previous concerns over a £140 million funding black hole

Higher surface roughness of polythene cups may account for greater microplastic shedding, scientists say

Letters: Joe Yates, Prof Philip J Landrigan, Prof Jennifer Kirwan and Prof Jamie Davies respond to an article on doubts raised about studies on microplastics in the human body

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human pollution now reaches. An international team of scientists led by researcher...

In today’s newsletter: Numerous studies have found evidence of microplastics in the human body and warned of the risks to our health. But in the race to research this new field scientists may have dra...

Editorial: Errors in measuring microplastic pollution can be corrected. Public trust in science also needs to be shored up

The material of your coffee cup matters more than you might think.

I hadn’t fully grasped how the idea of a better future sustained me – now I, like many others, find it difficult to be productive

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’

President’s memo stating US ‘shall withdraw’ from UNFCCC marks first time any country has tried to exit the agreement

The practice is ‘much more widespread’ than previously realised, researchers say, with serious environmental impact

Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus

Worried about degraded plastic? Spare a thought for those poor ants

Articles on net zero used to always explain the scientific background. But not anymore.

Researchers studied the "thriving" species in a polluted mangrove forest in Colombia.

Brexit didn't have to mean the end of Erasmus+, and the government has now announced we will join the scheme again

The fact that now-established academics survived a system built on overwork does not make it fair or well designed. We must change it, says Yu Tao