Plastic Pollution

Museum of Plastic pops up at Art Basel Miami

Christmas sweaters are adding to plastic pollution, environmental charity says

Packaging "Plastic bags have become ubiquitous and plastic pollution has increased. 1000 Ára Sveitaþorp aims to fix this. By packaging potatoes in paper bags, waste and plastic pollution can be reduced so that it is likely to have a far-reaching effect into …

In the first study of its kind, an IMAS-led research team estimates that around 570 000 hermit crabs have been killed on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean and Henderson Island in the Pacific after being trapped in plastic debris. Published in t…

Hermit crabs are confusing plastic for shells and it's killing them

Plastic pollution is killing beneficial bacteria in the ocean that help us breathe

Plastic has killed more than half a million hermit crabs on a certain group of Pacific islands - Nature Picture Library Hermit crabs are mistaking plastic for shells and the problem has killed more than half a million of the crustaceans, a new study by the N…

The results recorded 61,000 crabs trapped in debris on Henderson Island and 508,000 on the Cocos (Keeling) islands. This equated to 1-2 crabs per m2 of beach falling foul of debris, a significant percentage of the population. Around 570,000 hermit crabs beco…

Dutch company collects plastic pollution from rivers to make parks and products

Clad in diving gear or oilskins and gumboots, a team of scientists and activists spent weeks in the South Atlantic, enduring storms and choppy seas to check up on a place almost no-one has heard of. Their mission: To monitor an underwater mountain for clues …