Documenting the garbage along New Jersey beaches helps state lawmakers make policy decisions on plastic pollution, says this ...

Around 100 billion plastic beverage containers are sold in the United States each year — much of which ends up in landfills and waterways, polluting the environment and endangering wildlife. Studies ...

Globally only around 9% of plastics are recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, incinerators, fields, rivers, oceans, and ...

Volunteers are being sought to help in the continued clearance of pollution along the Lincolnshire coast, which so far has ...

CSIRO research finds 39% decrease in plastic waste across six of Australia's coastal cities over the past 10 yearsPlastic ...

A CSIRO study has found 39% less plastic pollution in and around Australian coastal cities over ten years. It also found more ...

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DUMAGUETE CITY – Marine Conservation Philippines (MCP), a non-government organization (NGO) based in Negros Oriental, has ...

When it comes to the ocean, not everyone fully understands its significance to human life, marine biodiversity, and the ...

Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers – similar to the plastic material used in car ...

"Plastic pollution is an entirely avoidable problem ... the more they washup on our beaches," Zipf said in a statement on Tuesday. "However, when we pass laws and ordinances and implement ...