The ocean surface retains a stubborn trace of our plastic waste. Even if we were to stop all pollution today, these residues ...

Plastic pollution is often hidden in plain sight – behind positive “eco” or “recyclable” labels, within supply chains and ...

Even if plastic pollution stopped entirely today, floating plastic would remain on the surface of the sea for 100 years, ...

Single-use plastic pollution is a public health concern, as much as it’s about clean beaches and the safety of ocean animals. The Health Department should be pulling alongside Environment Minister ...

Imagine a remote Galapagos beach, where iguanas stomp around between fishing nets, flip flops, baseball caps and plastic ...

With trillions of pieces of plastic littering oceans, threatening ocean and life and economic opportunity, drones, satellites ...

When petroleum-based plastics breaks down — in a landfill, on the side of the road, or in the ocean — they don’t decompose. Instead, they disintegrate, spreading across the earth’s surfaces. Micro- ...

Under President Donald Trump‘s leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, particularly around climate. But the U.S. is very much involved in treaty ...

Plastic pollution is an increasing global crisis despite large-scale awareness and extensive mitigation efforts. Existing waste management systems and recycling technologies have failed to control the ...

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...

Southern Water has apologised for the spill of so-called 'bio-beads', which have led environmental groups to warn of a ...