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 ...

Seabirds have been fishing plastic from the ocean and feeding it to their chicks, researchers say. One bird was found to have ...

The Senate passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday reauthorizing a law that seeks to reduce ocean trash.

But efforts are underway to arm local and national officials with the data they need. UNEP and UN-Habitat, for example, have ...

Nylon-based products such as clothing and fishing nets are notoriously slow to degrade, especially in marine environments, ...

Vietnam has taken various steps to manage marine plastic waste, including the National Action Plan to 2030. However, weak ...

The problem of maritime plastic-waste pollution first became apparent in the 1970s. In the half-century since then, the ...

Kerala’s fisherfolk turn sea plastic into roads — cutting marine waste, creating jobs, and reducing road costs in a model of ...

Most models haven’t accounted for how microplastics may increase global warming by disrupting natural cycles that store ...

Scottish start-up POTR has developed the world’s first fully traceable and eco-friendly plant pot made from recycled marine ...