1. The North Pacific has a plastic trash problem that popularly goes by the name X. But contrary to what it suggests, the ...

In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer Caroline Power captured the picture, which shows a large area ...

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

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 ...

The next round of plastics treaty negotiations will take place in Switzerland in August, after countries failed to agree on ...

Plastic waste is a huge problem, with bags and packaging a major culprit. A Bay Area startup has figured out a way to replace ...

According to Alter Terra statistics, by sheer volume, plastic bottles make up 41 percent of all the trash that flows in from ...

Some estimates suggest that this could be the deadliest form of plastic pollution, threatening two-thirds of all ocean life and making up almost half of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.