“People often assume that plastic in the ocean just sinks or disappears. But our model shows that most large, buoyant ...

Plastic pollution in the ocean could remain on the water's surface for more than a century, a new study has found. Scientists ...

Seven states have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility laws to make companies pay for their plastic. One industry leader says it's time for federal action.

With plastics breaking down into microscopic particles that enter the food chain, researchers are investigating how they may ...

A jarring amount of waste flows from a Toronto river into one of the Great Lakes—one very, very, very tiny piece at a time, a ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a ...

Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea. Yet the reality ...

Study finds 170 trillion plastic particles in oceans; pollution set to persist for centuries without urgent action ...

The first Annual Plastic Reboot Conference kicks off in Salvador, Brazil from 22-24 October 2025, bringing together 15 ...

Mayor Josefina Belmonte, a 2023 Champion of the Earth laureate, expounds her numerous efforts to tackle plastic pollution ...

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation, in partnership with the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources and ...

Scientists predict it could take more than 100 years to remove plastic waste from the ocean's surface, according to new study ...