A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and ...

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Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment.

About nine million tons of visible plastic trash enter oceans each year—then there’s the waste we can’t see. This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine.

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis. Learn what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics. Read this ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

Much of the plastic that does not end up in landfill or go through other waste management pathways (such as recycling or incineration) is thought to end up in the ocean. Between 4.8 and 12.7 million ...