Environmental groups are calling for greater regulation of tiny plastic pellets accumulating in New England’s waterways and elsewhere. The pellets, which are melted down and shaped into water bottles, ...

A view of the cogeneration plant operated by the University of North Carolina, located a half-mile from the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. (Photo: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News) CHAPEL HILL — On a Friday ...

Two U.S. plastics industry groups are expanding their voluntary Operation Clean Sweep pellet spill containment program by adding more rigorous third-party auditing covering, for now, about 50 ...

UNC-Chapel Hill is seeking an air permit that would allow it to experiment with supplanting coal with pellets made of paper and plastic scraps at its Cogeneration power plant on Cameron Avenue.

The U.S. plastics industry makes the fastest-growing export commodity in the nation. It also produces the world's largest pollution concern. Now, in the wake of plastic bag bans and calls for stricter ...

Tiny plastic beads, commonly called nurdles, have polluted waterways across the country, including in the Charleston and Columbia areas of South Carolina, environmentalists say. File photo/The State ...

BRUSSELS, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed measures on Monday to prevent microplastic pollution from the spillage of plastic pellets into the environment. Around 176,000 metric tons ...