Plastic Pollution

Plastic pollution has reached one of the most remote places on Earth: the Arctic. That is according to two separate studies released last week which found tiny plastic particles, known as microplastics, in Arctic snowfall and frozen within the sea ice.A study…

Plastic pollution has reached one of the most remote places on Earth: the Arctic. That is according to two separate studies released last week which found tiny plastic particles, known as microplastics, in Arctic snowfall and frozen within the sea ice. A st…

Plastic pollution has reached the Antarctic wilderness. It's at Earth's highest peak, and its deepest chasm. And yet, the extent of this insidious plague can still take us by surprise. According to new research, plastic has now turned up camouflaged as ordina…

An orphaned baby dugong in Thailand that became a viral Internet sensation has died after ingesting plastic waste, officials said Saturday. The young marine mammal, named Marium, won over social media and attained celebrity status in Thailand earlier this ye…

Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin Crew inspecting System 001/B. The Ocean Cleanup The Twilight Zone isn't a place you necessarily want to be. Unless maybe it's the final step toward cleaning up tons of p…

(CNN)India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to ban single-use plastics in his Independence Day speech in Delhi on Wednesday. Modi called on Indians to make an effort to rid their country of plastic waste and raised the possibility of "strong first steps …

Microplastic pollution has become so ubiquitous, its almost easier to find places covered in the stuff than not. High peaks, low valleys, and even the air we breathe is filled with microscopic bits of plastic. New research published on Wednesday in Science …

A club in southern Assams Hailakandi town is promoting biodegradable flags that grow into plants. These handmade cotton flags are embedded with seeds of marigold. After use, a flag should be planted with respect and some soil and water poured on it. The fla…

Scientists have developed a new method to investigate links between top predator diets and the amount of microplastic they consume through their prey. The new research from Abertay University in collaboration with Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), the Univer…

Coke launched its bottled water brand, Dasani, 20 years ago. It’s now the bestselling bottled water in the U.S. at a time when bottled water is also the country’s best-selling beverage. The industry sells billions of bottles in a year—and it knows that most o…