The Ocean Cleanup has taken another important step in its mission to rid the world's oceans of plastic with the announcement ...

Mark Rowe reports on the failure to agree on an international treaty to limit plastic pollution and what our best hopes are ...

“We hope to collaborate with engineers, chemists, and oceanographers who can leverage these findings into actual solutions to clean up our beaches and oceans,” said Steinbach in a press release. The ...

Ghana faces a mounting waste crisis, with plastic pollution choking drains and fueling dangerous open-air burning.

Researchers are training ‘mighty’ marine fungi to quickly eat polyurethane, one of our most common plastics. In a world that relies on plastic, the time it takes to break down is a major problem. But ...

Together, they offer an innovative sustainability program that funds ocean-bound plastic cleanup efforts from funds saved on packaging costs and supply chain efficiencies. “Our customers care ...

By any measure, the impact of plastic waste is reaching crisis levels, impacting our environment and personal health. Each ...

SB54 put an end to polystyrene — which had low recycling rates and high levels of pollution — in California. But the plastic ...

Through beach cleanup campaigns and educational ... Only then can we hope for a future where our oceans are no longer burdened by plastic waste.

The Ocean Cleanup Web site says that about 80 percent of plastic marine waste ends up ashore within a month of washing out to sea. Banning production of plastic would eliminate plastic waste, but it ...