The kids listened and learned. "I knew that there was a lot of plastic in the ocean, but half the stuff that she said I didn't know, like the I didn't know that plastic was made out of oil," said ...

Think of it as a resolution to shed some pounds: scientists estimate that some 18 billion pounds of plastic waste flows into the oceans every ... save the planet, your kids won’t likely let ...

Environmental engineer and National Geographic Explorer Jenna Jambeck made a startling research discovery in 2015: About 8.8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean ... to your kids about plastic ...

Plastic is useful - for packaging, tires, clothing, and much else. But 2 percent of plastics produced end up in the ocean. It enters ... to definitively pin down the nature and severity of such ...

Watch out plastic ... out to other kids and get them fired up about plastic too and recently he got to show it at Byron Community Primary School. ARLIAN: There's more life in the ocean than ...

Millions of tons of plastic waste end up in the ocean every year. And the trash stays there: Whether it's grocery bags or water bottles or kids' toys, plastic is practically indestructible.

LA JOLLA, Calif (KGTV) - A La Jolla man is turning recycled plastic into stuffed animals to help teach kids the importance of protecting the ocean. Malte ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Mr. Slat is the founder and chief executive of the Ocean Cleanup. The world is finally getting serious about plastic pollution. Next week, delegates from U.N. member states will gather in Paris to ...

Although high plastic concentration points are scattered across the ocean, currents gather them into larger zones known as Ocean Garbage Patches. The oceans hold five garbage patches. The largest ...

Ocean plastic pollution can carry disease, harm wildlife, and alter the ocean’s critical role taking in carbon dioxide and helping to regulate the planet’s climate. While China and the US are ...