Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

Leading shipping companies are joining forces to combat ocean plastic pollution through the launch of the Maritime ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

Amid a tidal wave of plastic blanketing the world, many F&B companies are seeking ways to reduce the amount of new plastic ...

Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and more hazardous problem, according to a new analysis ...

A new study pinpoints the deadly thresholds of plastic ingestion for marine life.

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up ...

Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics—but how much is too much?

New research has found that even small amounts of plastic can be deadly to seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals. While previous research has established that plastic can lead to mortality in many ...

Global plastic pollution will hit 280 million metric tons per year by 2040, or a dump truck’s worth every second.