Their study found that nearly 27% of the city's plastic goes unmanaged every year — around 70,000 tons of it, the Daily Sun ...

A group of scientists analyzing global data collected over the past four decades have found a "rapid increase" in ocean plastic pollution since 2005, according to a research article published in ...

The Latest. There’s less plastic pollution flowing into the ocean from land than scientists previously thought, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.. The ...

Since that figure is a staggering 1 million metric tons (even though only 0.5% of the plastic we produce gets that far), according to The Ocean Cleanup, it will take massive movement from ...

The rise in plastic waste, including microscopic plastic floating in our oceans, is pushing more than 160 nations to develop a global plan to dramatically reduce the world's growing piles of plastic.

A massive ocean survey finds plastic in every layer of the North Atlantic, revealing how deeply it has invaded marine ecosystems.

Plastic that enters the marine food chain can end up on our plates. ... According to an Ifremer study, around 24,400 billion microplastics are floating on the ocean’s surface.

A study published in Science Journal found that plastic bag policies, such as bans and fees, have been effective in reducing ...

Twice the size of Texas, the mass of about 79,000 metric tons of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii is growing at an exponential pace, according to researchers.

Scientists have engineered bacteria to turn plastic waste into paracetamol, offering a sustainable new path for medicine and ...

Letter writers warn about garbage heaps in the ocean, express approval of the new Sheriff’s Transition and Reentry Center in Hampton, and encourage people to vote for former President Donald ...

Living in a U.S. coastal county bordered by ocean waters with very high concentrations of microplastics may increase the risk ...