Every year, more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean - bags, cups, straws, and many other items from the daily ...

New research shows shoreline litter in U.S. has been slashed by almost half since plastic bag bans have gone into effect.

Among the biggest culprits of plastic pollution in the ocean and along shorelines are thin plastic shopping bags, which have ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's shorelines, the study found.

Hundreds of people took to the streets in the freezing dusk of Chile's capital on Saturday to watch a performance calling for ...

A massive ocean survey finds plastic in every layer of the North Atlantic, revealing how deeply it has invaded marine ecosystems.

Every minute, a rubbish lorry's worth of plastic enters the ocean. As World Ocean Day 2025 highlights, stemming the plastic ...

On a quiet morning in Mumbai, where the waves gently lap against the sand, something extraordinary is happening — not in a ...

A new study from the University of Delaware and Columbia University looked at plastic bag bans and fees in jurisdictions across the United States to gauge their effectiveness. The researchers found ...

HIS obsession with photography was so consuming that it drove a young Leo Hendrik Baekeland beyond the darkroom and into the ...

At this point, most people know that microplastics are everywhere. Scientists have shown that tiny particles, amounting to ...