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Plastic Pollution

'Under Pressure': An artist's SOS to save the planet

  • Apr 16

I-Team investigates microplastic contamination, effort to measure risk

  • Dec 4, 2025

Classrooms, building built out of recycled plastic water bottles

  • Jul 16, 2025

Shedd Aquarium encourages 'Plastic Free July' to reduce waste

  • Jul 12, 2025

Ships sent to clean Great Pacific Garbage Patch return to California

  • Sep 10, 2024

10M pieces of litter collected from Great Lakes shorelines

  • Sep 4, 2024

UC Berkeley chemists discover new way to break down plastics

  • Aug 30, 2024

People seen in viral video dumping trash in Florida ocean

  • May 1, 2024

Latest Videos

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US to ban sale of single-use plastic at national parks, on public lands by 2032

  • Jun 9, 2022
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Shedd Aquarium celebrates 'Plastic Free July'

  • Jul 17, 2021
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Artist creates beautiful sculptures from trash she collects to bring awareness to marine pollution

  • Mar 26, 2021
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Good Bottle Refill and Dry Goods Refillery makes living a sustainable lifestyle easier

  • Mar 12, 2021
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So Great, So Fragile: Great Lakes, Lake Michigan pollution, runoff, algae threaten ecosystems

  • Dec 8, 2020
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Community litter crew picks up PPE trash scattered across their neighborhood

  • Jul 1, 2020
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Chicago aquarium wants public to "Shedd" plastic

  • Jan 25, 2020
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New Jersey company manufactures Eco-friendly straws to protect marine life

  • Jan 17, 2020

Latest Stories

Environmental expert discusses Great Lakes plastic pollution, changes we can make on Earth Day

Twenty two million pounds of plastic pollution end up in the Great Lakes each year. Samira Hanessian with the Illinois Environmental Council joined to discuss how our individual choices can help make a difference.

  • Apr 22, 2024

Earth Day 2024 raises awareness of health risks of plastics, with goal to phase out single-use items

Monday is Earth Day and the official theme for 2024 is "Planet vs. Plastics."

  • Apr 22, 2024

National plastic bag recycling directory site down after I-Team, ABC News track bags to landfills

The national plastic bag recycling directory website is now disabled after the I-Team and ABC News tracked some plastic bags to landfills and incinerators.

  • Dec 5, 2023

East Chicago recycling company's prototype could help turn plastics into fuel

After an I-Team investigation exposed some of the failures of plastic bag recycling, one group of entrepreneurs says a new effort to recycle plastic bags could be a solution to the problem.

  • Oct 24, 2023
Ocean Voyages Institute

Researchers find Great Pacific garbage patch teeming with life

Scientists say one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet has become a substitute environment for dozens of species, generating questions about what this means for the ocean and the coast.

  • May 1, 2023