Plastic Pollution

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…

By Kate O’Neill, Associate Professor, Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley. Originally published at The Conversation Less than two years after China banned most imports of scrap material from abroad, many of its neighbors are fol…

The first time self-described “ocean advocate” Emily Penn was confronted by the magnitude of the plastic pollution problem was during an international sailing expedition 10 years ago. She spotted bits of debris, things like toothbrushes, floating in the water…

On average, 8.8 million tons of plastic enters the ocean every year. The maximum amount could be closer to 14 million tons — about the weight of 2 million elephants. Most plastics take hundreds of years to break down. And even then, they just splinter into…

Strictly speaking, Im not a religious person. But I do believe that peoples faith, vis-a-vis the power of organized religion, could have a profound, if not near-miraculous, impact on the severely polluted state of our planet. For one, most religions possess …

Less than two years after China banned most imports of scrap material from abroad, many of its neighbors are following suit. On May 28, 2019, Malaysia's environment minister announced that the country was sending 3,000 metric tons of contaminated plastic wast…

MILAN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An estimated 8 million metric tonnes of plastic pollution enter the worlds oceans each year. In light of this, Corona is accepting plastic intercepted in cities and on the coast as payment for beer during the week of World Oce…

Plastic is a plague upon this planet of ours. It’s on the highest mountain peaks and in the deepest parts of the ocean, in rivers, soil, and the air we breathe. And it’s not going anywhere anytime soon, because it was built to last a dozen lifetimes. It’s a m…