Ocean Conservancy's Mallos said plastic waste ... If the treaty required a minimum amount of recycled content to be used in new plastic products, McCauley said, the model shows an improvement ...

Meanwhile, ocean plastic is estimated to kill millions ... it can design new plastics and new plastic products that are either biodegradable or more recyclable (see You Can Help Turn the Tide ...

Adidas uses Ocean Plastic to form the upper parts of shoes ... Adidas is using readily available material to manufacture new products. Which is a big step towards a sustainable future.

Drains lead to the ocean! Careless and improper waste disposal is also a big contributor – illegal dumping of waste adds greatly to the plastic surge in our seas. Products that go down the drain Many ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

Manufacturers design products such as plastic utensils and to-go cups to ... He started building and photographing sculptures of ocean trash to illustrate the problem of marine pollution.

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Plastic is all around us. Most of us use it every day. It’s a really useful material that has transformed all our lives, but unfortunately our used plastic is getting into the ocean. It can end ...