A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and ...

The Ocean Cleanup started removing plastic from the ocean a decade ago. But most of that plastic comes from rivers, so it started building solar-powered river ... World Wide Waste A triangle ...

of plastic waste entering the world's oceans and waterways each year, according to a stark new analysis published Wednesday by the nonprofit Oceana. There are mounting concerns over the human health ...

More than 17 million pieces of waste plastic are flushed into the sea via Hong Kong’s Shing Mun River every year ... marine plastics ending up in the ocean was through storm drains and waterways ...

A community-led clean-up of the Manawatu River has produced over 11,000 pieces ... the local and global long-term impacts of plastic waste, Schiele says “many came away with a greatly increased ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste ... ocean. After sheets of clear plastic trash have been washed in the Buriganga ...

Experts predict that in 30 years, there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish. And one study estimates that 90% of seabirds have consumed some form of plastic waste. All that pollution on ...

Plastic fills our dumps, homes and oceans ... swelling problem of plastic waste, these petrochemical plants spew air and water pollution into neighborhoods. More than 30 plastic plants are in the ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis ... Act and will keep pushing for plastic pollution to be treated as the hazardous waste that it is. We’ve sued ...

But how does our plastic waste end up littering the ocean? Even if you live hundreds of miles away from the sea, the plastic you use can still make its way into the ocean. As much as 80% of the ...

Experts predict that in 30 years, there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish. And one study estimates that 90% of seabirds have consumed some form of plastic waste. All that pollution on ...

HONOLULU, HI (HawaiiNewsNow / AZFamily) - Researchers believe they have discovered a marine fungi that could naturally digest ...