Rivers are increasingly recognized not merely as pathways transporting plastic pollution to the ocean, but as dynamic environments where debris is stored f

Until now, scientific literature has been saturated with studies on microplastics (MP, items smaller than 5 mm), but aspects on macrolitter retention and the...

Over the past decade, awareness of macroplastic (MAP) pollution in rivers as a major contributor to marine litter has increased substantially. However…

The increasing production and environmental release of plastics have led to the widespread presence of microplastics (MPs) in diverse ecosystems. Poll…

Geneva-The Plastics Treaty INC-5.2 negotiations closed today without an agreement, despite the majority of nations calling for meaningful, global

Learn what the EU does to protect water resources and ecosystems, and ensure that drinking and bathing water is clean.

Pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry reveals the presence of microplastics and nanoplastics in human kidney, liver and brain tissue samples from 2016 and 2024, with higher proportions found ...

Many studies highlighted that rivers transported land-based plastics to the sea. However, most of the litter remains stuck in the fluvial ecosystem, a…