Plastic Pollution

German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze has said she plans to introduce a law to ban the use of plastic bags. "My ministry will get a plastic bag ban on its way," the Social Democrat said in Berlin on Sunday, without providing a timeline. She said the go…

The coastal village of Kinvara in Co Galway has forged an alliance of young people, artists and committed locals to tackle plastic pollution in their locality, including nearby beaches and sea. In their latest initiative, they have produced a series of billb…

If you aren’t aware of the gigantic problem of plastic pollution in Earth’s oceans, well, congratulations on your low media consumption but it’s time to emerge from that rock you’re living beneath. According to the World Economic Forum, there will be more pla…

Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research suggests. The turtles strongly favour narrow lengths of plastic in natural colours like green and black, rather than debris of other shapes and colo…

VICTORIA — B.C. Ferries is using an underwater robot on its Denman Island route this week to determine how much plastic its new cable ferry has littered into the ocean. Local residents say they’ve collected more than two wheelbarrows worth of plastic strips …

To kick off Paraiso at Miami Swim Week, showgoers attended the inaugural Upcycle Challenge. Hosted by The Upcycle Project, a program that encourages upcycling by providing fashion schools with discarded textiles and garments, the competition paired specially …

Roanokes local food co-op is sacking single-use plastic bags. The Roanoke Co+op, with locations in downtown and Grandin, plans to stop offering plastic shopping bags at checkout after Aug. 31. This builds on the shops mission to promote eco-conscious living…

If you aren’t aware of the gigantic problem of plastic pollution in Earth’s oceans, well, congratulations on your low media consumption but it’s time to come out of that rock that you’re leaving beneath. According to the World Economic Forum, there will be mo…

(CNN)A teenager from Ireland may have found a way to rescue our oceans from the growing plastic pollution problem. A walk on the beach led Fionn Ferreira to develop his project on microplastic extraction from water for the annual Google Science Fair. The pro…

Fionn Ferreira lives on a remote island in West Cork, a seaside region in southern Ireland. One day while kayaking, he spotted a rock on the shore that had been coated in oil from a recent spill. Attached to the rock were tiny bits of plastic less than five m…