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

The new study also identifies the major sources of plastic debris and names the top 20 countries generating the greatest amount of ocean-bound trash. China is first. The United States is 20th.

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

Plastic is a material that, without exaggeration, has radically changed our planet. Convenient and cheap, once a helper, it ...

But even places with bag policies are seeing a greater prevalence of plastic bags on beaches and riverbanks. Plastic bag fees ...

The Moken, a nomadic seafaring people in Thailand, have for generations lived most of their days at sea, moving from one ...

Every year, more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean - bags, cups, straws, and many other items from the daily ...

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

Most food deliveries come wrapped in petrochemicals. But there are ways to reduce the disposable plastic delivered to your ...

A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon ...

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.