Plastic debris is now a troubling reality in oceans and along shorelines worldwide. From tiny microplastics to large waste ...

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

All animals can be reservoirs of plastic pollution, but to understand just how much ocean plastic pollution is stored in ocean life, we used sea turtles as a case study. Sea turtles ingest plastic ...

Debris Free Oceans is on a mission to eradicate marine debris — particularly plastic and trash — from South Florida’s oceans and beaches.

On 5 June, UN World Environment Day, the campaign motto was “Beat Plastic Pollution”, ... research publications on ocean plastic debris have increased more than fivefold according to UNESCO.

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

On Friday, June 6, visitors and residents helped clean up Coney Island Beach, collecting plastic bottles, shoes, soccer balls ...

On a quiet morning in Mumbai, where the waves gently lap against the sand, something extraordinary is happening — not in a ...

The event, dubbed Move For Ocean, brought together SG Ghana employees, local community members, and environmental partner Plastic Punch Ghana, in support of global Sustainable Development Goals 6 ...

HIS obsession with photography was so consuming that it drove a young Leo Hendrik Baekeland beyond the darkroom and into the ...

A tiny Scottish island has become the striking launchpad for a nationwide campaign to combat marine plastic pollution. Wee ...

Plastic has become deeply embedded in our modern lives. From packaging to electronics and even medicine, it is so widely used ...