Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a ...

“People often assume that plastic in the ocean just sinks or disappears. But our model shows that most large, buoyant ...

Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea. Yet the reality ...

The Ocean Legacy Foundation aims to tackle this common plastic pollution by taking discarded fishing nets, ropes, and more ...

Scientists found that even if all plastic dumping stopped today, floating plastics would take over 100 years to vanish.

Study finds 170 trillion plastic particles in oceans; pollution set to persist for centuries without urgent action ...

Published today in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, the study is the third and ...

From the column: "The tiny role U.S. consumers have in ocean plastic pollution by itself is a compelling reason to reject ...

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone contains ...

Seven states have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility laws to make companies pay for their plastic. One industry leader says it's time for federal action.

WASHINGTON — When it comes to laws addressing plastic pollution, the vast majority of states need improvement to reduce, reuse and recycle, according to the new United States of Plastic Report from ...

Sea turtles mistake plastic for jellyfish, leading to injury or death. Learn how plastic pollution threatens all sea turtle species and how you can he ...