Britain has banned everything from plastic straws to cutlery, but one type of plastic pollution keeps washing up and shows no ...

Two new studies this month have highlighted that plastic is no longer simply travelling through our world in rivers and ...

Plastic pollution is one of the greatest threats facing our oceans today. Each year, over 8 million tons of plastic—ranging ...

Wintering gulls at a protected lake in southern Spain are depositing an estimated 530 kg of plastic into the wetland each ...

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study that also ...

MIAMI — The marine conservation group 4ocean observed an impressive yet grim record-setting haul after seven years of cleaning up waterways and coastlines around the world. The impressive number ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss ocean protection group is handing out bars of soap to negotiators working on a global accord to end plastic pollution. The messaging on the cardboard box from the Geneva-based ...

A coalition of environmental groups and state lawmakers on Tuesday called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to put in place tougher rules to reduce plastic pollution in the oceans and across California’s landscape ...

Workers use razor blades to scrape off labels from different soft-drink plastic bottles at the Street Waste Company in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) GENEVA (AP) — ...

Five companies are responsible for a quarter of all plastic waste worldwide, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances. © Kazi Salahuddin Razu ...