Researchers have been investigating the biodegradation of plastics in the ocean for years, seeking to uncover which types ...

At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other ...

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

A rising tide of plastic waste is choking our oceans, threatening fragile ecosystems and killing sea life. While plastic has revolutionised our way of life since it was invented in the 1950s, the ...

Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over ...

What to know about President Donald Trump’s executive order encouraging the federal government and consumers to buy plastic ...

This could help reduce the amount of plastic waste in the ocean, lessening the incidence of sea creatures eating plastic or becoming entangled in it. To achieve this, the team has created plastic ...

Do you chew gum regularly? If you do, you might want to take a closer look at the ingredients label on your favourite chewing ...

President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal ...

"We could see more plastic in the sea than fish. Land could be filled with abandoned mountains of plastic garbage," Sedat Gundogdu, an expert on sea waste and microplastics at Turkey's Cukurova ...

President Donald Trump announces plans to reverse the Biden administration's paper straw ban, leading to heated discussions ...

Friesland is launching a project to track how plastic waste from the province ends up in the Wadden Sea. Over the next three ...