Plastic Pollution

Plastic trash gathered during a clean-up in Germany. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images From plastic bags to straws, single-use plastic products have worn out their welcome in Canada. Today, the Canadian government announced that it plans to ban harmful sin…

Canada will ban single-use plastics from 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday, declaring it a "global challenge" to phase out the bottles, straws and plastic bags clogging the world's oceans. "I am very pleased to announce that as early as 20…

Representative image From teaching children about mental health issues to raising awareness about plastic pollution, some schools in India and abroad are going beyond conventional education to raise informed students. Here are a few examples: 1. Waste plast…

Materials that will be recycled, fill a storage area at a materials recycling facility in London, Ont., on March 18 2019. Cities and environmental groups have urged a harder line on unnecessary plastics, citing increasing disposal costs and mounting evidence …

The Trudeau government will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, CBC News has learned from a government source. Plastic straws, cotton buds, drink stirrers, plates, cutlery and balloon sticks are just some of the single-use plastics that will be banned …

SAN FRANCISCO  The problem of plastic pollution in the ocean is even worse than anyone feared. Tiny broken up pieces of plastic microplastic arent just floating at the waters surface but are pervasive down thousands of feet. Theres actually more microplastic …

Instagrammable pop-up museums are all the rage (see: Museum of Ice Cream, Dream Machine, Color Factory), but the latest iteration of the selfie-ready gallery trend is for a very good cause. The Museum of Plastic aims to teach the masses about plastic pollutio…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Plastic bottles are a huge source of marine pollution Nine coastlines have been identified as the places in the Mediterranean most polluted with plastic, a report says. They include top tourist spots such as Barcel…

But whatever the motivation, one danger may be that legal recyclers across Southeast Asia will now miss a chance to both scale up their business and help mitigate environmental problems, including the scourge of plastics in the oceans. Some plastic waste, if…

The story about ocean plastic pollution usually centers on plastic bottles and other packaging. But clothing is another part of the problem: Every time someone washes something made from polyester or another synthetic fabric, tiny fibers flow down the drain a…