This story is from 2020, here's a more recent update and perspective on plastics in the media. The Frontline and National Public Radio documentary "Plastic Wars" that aired last week prompted a lot of ...

An investigation from NPR and the PBS show Frontline found oil and gas companies had serious doubts that plastic recycling was viable, but... Plastic Wars: Industry Spent Millions Selling Recycling — ...

This story is part of a joint investigation with NPR that includes the documentary Plastic Wars, which premiered March 31, 2020, on PBS. Stream the film. Accusing the country’s largest oil and gas ...

In a scene from “Plastic Wars,” correspondent Laura Sullivan, left, surveys plastic waste that can’t be recycled. With plastic production growing during COVID, environmentalists fear waste is also on ...

Editor's note: NPR will be publishing stories from this investigative series in the weeks ahead, even as we focus our current coverage on the coronavirus pandemic. But here's a look at some of our key ...

Editor's note: NPR will be publishing stories from this investigative series in the weeks ahead, even as we focus our current coverage on the coronavirus pandemic. But here's a look at some of our key ...

A wall of plastic trash at Garten Services in Salem, Ore., is headed to the landfill. The vast majority of plastic can't be or won't be recycled. (Laura Sullivan/NPR) Editor's note: NPR will be ...