A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and ...

Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment.

Plastics are everywhere—from your phone case to the containers holding your food. They're cheap, light, and strong, which ...

Oceana estimates Coca-Cola will release 1.33B pounds of plastic into oceans by 2030. The company dropped its reuse pledge.

To tackle the growing pollution crisis, scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that remains stable ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis ... Protection Agency asking the government to regulate plastics as a pollutant under the Clean Water Act and will keep ...

Biodegradable plastics, such as polylactic acid (PLA), were introduced as an alternative. However, PLA takes too long to ...

Throwing his support behind the Great British Spring Clean, swimmer and climate activist Lewis Pugh told the Mirror the ...

This earless seal, occurring in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, is critically endangered by plastic pollution, marine debris, and historic hunting. Found from Japan to California, these seals are ...

Plastic can enter the ocean as large, identifiable items or as microplastics - pieces under five millimetres in length. Both pose a threat to marine life. Large pieces degrade over time to become ...

Cola’s World With Waste” exposes the beverage giant’s increasing plastic use amid growing health and environmental concerns ...

They crunched like Rice Krispies under my feet. After that, I could understand why some people see ocean plastic as a looming catastrophe, worth mentioning in the same breath as climate change.