Plastic

Each year our society produces an overwhelming amount of plastic waste, contributing to a pollution crisis that not only impacts our environment but our health.

While it’s may be easy to see the impact that pollution is having on our environment, its impact on our health is less obvious.

Each year our society produces an overwhelming amount of plastic waste, contributing to a pollution crisis that not only impacts our environment but our health.

For years we were told not to throw things like yogurt cups and water bottles into the recycling. However, that has recently changed.

Hospitals produce 14,000 tons of trash every day, and up to a quarter of that is plastic. Despite this overwhelming number, though, doctors are working to find solutions to this problem.

When it comes to addressing environmental issues, plastic pollution is one of the worst.

Idaho Matters learns more about a new potential recycling method for Ada County and Boise residents.

A long-awaited pilot project has turned our single-use plastics into building blocks.

This is an encore presentation.The Imperiled Ocean is an exploration of the earth's last wild frontier, filled with high-stakes stories that explore a…

An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.