Plastic is a material that, without exaggeration, has radically changed our planet. Convenient and cheap, once a helper, it ...

Once considered remote and pristine, the Arctic is now succumbing to a tide of plastic. In Norway, a monumental effort is ...

Plastic pollution of the Ocean. Camera slowly moving forward above seabed with plastic trash Beautiful coral reef covered with plastic and other garbage, colorful tropical fish swims over this debris.

It’s the year 2025 and, by now, it is abundantly clear that we have a major plastic problem–garbage patches in the ocean, ...

Nurdling — combing the beach for these plastic bits — has become trendy, and social-worker-turned-manicurist Naomi Arimoto is ...

Global Plastic Production Plastic production has reached astronomical levels, making its presence felt in every corner of the ...

This simple hack can save money on buying trash bags while reducing landfill plastics. According to Statista, Americans used ...

As a result, each year, more than eight million tonnes of plastic end up in our oceans. This equates to around 15 tonnes of plastic entering our oceans every minute (UNEP, 2024), with 80% of all ...

Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes of ...

Beautiful coral reef covered with plastic and other garbage, colorful tropical fish swims over this debris. Plastic pollution of the Ocean. Camera moves to left side above seabed with plastic trash ...

While this initiative is critical, it addresses just one element of the broader plastic pollution issue threatening the oceans. IMO’s Strategy to Address Marine Plastic Litter from Ships, adopted in ...