Plastic Pollution

At 6am, the first boats arrive at Lebanon's Rabbit Island, bringing daytrippers eager to secure the best sunbathing spots. Just visible on a clear day from Tripoli's coast, the 83,000-square foot (7,710-square-meter) island is only a 30-minute crossing from …

It could be lights out for tiny toiletries. Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel chain, said Wednesday it will eliminate small plastic bottles of shampoo, conditioner and bath gel from its hotel rooms worldwide by December 2020. They’ll be repla…

It could be lights out for tiny toiletries. Interested in Environment? Add Environment as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Environment news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Marriott International, the world's largest hotel chain, said Wednes…

Antonio de la Rosa An adventurer has completed a 2,951-mile solo paddleboard voyage from San Francisco to Hawaii, a feat of endurance which lasted 76 days. Antonio de la Rosa travelled alone across the Pacific Ocean without supporting boats. He braved chopp…

The Bronxs City Island docks are a strange mixture of outer-borough New York and New England coast. There are crusty boatyards and pristine yacht clubs, seedy seafood joints and fancy oyster bars, my she was yar schooners and Im on a boat party cruisers. But …

Image copyrightEssex Wildlife TrustImage caption The seal is made from plastic waste collected on a beach by litter-pickers A life-size sculpture of a seal and her pup has been created out of rubbish cleared from a beach over six months. It has been made …

You're drinking plastic, I'm drinking plastic, we're all drinking plastic. Bottled water drinkers may be drinking the most plastic of all. A 2018 study released by Orb Media estimated that on average, a liter of bottled water from big brands like Dasani, A…

The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a new report titled "Microplastics in drinking-water" (124-page PDF) Based on the limited information we have, microplastics in drinking water dont appear to pose a health risk at current levels," said Dr. Maria Neir…

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that the level of microplastics in drinking water is not yet dangerous for humans but called for more research into potential future risk. In its first report into the effects of microplastics on human he…

Ella Daish was walking the streets of Cardiff, Wales, as a postal worker when she noticed that the amount of waste being thrown away seemed to be getting worse.  The following week, she got her period and something clicked. "I began to realise just how much …