No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

Reportedly, 13 containers aboard the cargo ship carried "dangerous goods." Officials issue warning as concerning debris from ...

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

Since Debris Free Oceans was founded in 2014, the organization has participated in 384 cleanups, removing over 61,500 pounds of debris, and has educated more than 14,200 students.

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

For most of us, July means fireworks, barbecues, beach days and vacation, but it’s also the month in which everyone around ...

Nearly half a century of beach cleanups across America show that plastic bag bans reduce plastic bag litter washing up on our ...

An ongoing campaign in Dar es Salaam, led by the Forum on Climate Change (FORUMCC) in collaboration with various ...

Gov. Tina Kotek has signed a bill into law that bans thicker, reusable plastic bags at grocery store checkouts, restaurants ...

It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other ...

A Holly Springs teen’s startup turns recycled bottles into swimwear and removes a pound of ocean plastic for every sale.

A massive ocean survey finds plastic in every layer of the North Atlantic, revealing how deeply it has invaded marine ecosystems.