Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic bags can easily fly away and enter marine ecosystems, killing wildlife. - Spencer Platt/Getty Images That extra fee at the ...

Our oceans have been experiencing a plastic crisis for decades. We have now reached a pivotal moment in ocean pollution, where the numbers are no longer abstract and time is running out to make an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conveyors send mixed plastic into a device that will shred and then recycle them at recycling plant in Vernon on Jan. 24, 2014.

JEDDAH — Plastic bags are among the biggest environmental hazards threatening humans, animals and plants, according to a study by a Saudi researcher specializing in the environment. Dr. Majidah Abu ...

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That extra fee at the grocery store for a plastic shopping bag isn't just an inconvenience –– it is actually making a difference for marine ecosystems, according to a new study. Policies that ban or ...