As a researcher with the Department of Fisheries Malaysia studying marine plastic pollution, I spend my days documenting a ...

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

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

Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually ...

In some coastal counties, a bathtub of ocean water holds 10 or more tiny plastic fragments, which researchers link to higher ...

Vietnam is among the first three nations to establish and operationalize a National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) task ...

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

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 ...

The new plastic, also biodegradable in soil over time, may prove useful in packaging and single-use products that often end up in natural environments.

The Global Plastic Action Partnership estimates that around 16,000 tons of plastic are dumped into the Pacific Ocean annually ...

This is an ocean planet. And every company—whether it realizes it or not—depends on the biodiversity, food systems, and ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a novel plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, potentially mitigating ...