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

CartridgesDirect was able to save over 50,000 used printer cartridges from going directly to Australian landfills.

The pioneering 2015 study of marine plastic didn’t include illegal dumping and export of plastic waste. In the new analysis, the team considered those actions, but only for the U.S.

Plastic pollution in the world's oceans has received much attention, but there has been increasing concern about the high concns. of plastic debris in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Using census data and ...

Hundreds of people took to the streets in the freezing dusk of Chile's capital on Saturday to watch a performance calling for greater protection of the world's oceans.

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's shorelines, the study found.

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

Celebrated photojournalist Sean Gallagher recently traveled to Bali to capture shocking photographs documenting the region's ...

This diffusion‑limited regime likely dominates for fluffier aggregates made of phytoplankton remains, fecal pellets, or ...

Exposure to microplastic pollution might raise the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, according to a new study.

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

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