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

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

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

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.

By Mongabay.com The Moken, a nomadic seafaring people in Thailand, have for generations lived most of their days at sea, ...

Taken together, the findings mean that bag bans and fees aren’t a plastic panacea but do matter. “These plastic bag policies ...

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

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

New research shows shoreline litter in U.S. has been slashed by almost half since plastic bag bans have gone into effect.

The Chattahoochee river watchdog installed Columbus’ first trash trap at Cooper Creek with the help of the Australian-based ...

A new study suggests plastic bag fees could be more impactful than bans in limiting plastic bag litter on shorelines.