Plastic isn’t just pollution anymore: Scientists find marine life thriving and reproducing on plastic debris in Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is no longer just pollution; it's a home now. Scientists have found marine ...
Newsweek

Plastic Is Polluting Our Oceans. Will We Get a Treaty to Cut Plastic Waste?

Negotiators working on a potentially historic international agreement to limit plastic pollution wrapped up talks this week in Ottawa, Canada, leaving some observers with guarded hope about the ...

Carbon Neutral EcoCreation Plan Turns Cruise Ship Plastic Waste Into Marine Fuel

Cutting-edge South Korean waste-to-fuel technology transforms cruise plastic waste into usable energy FORT LEE, NJ, ...
news.ucsb.edu

How plastic pollution flows from rivers to oceans — and how to stop it

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...
CNN

The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up

The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous breaks. There’s a majestic underwater world to explore, too. But it’s impossible to surf or snorkel without running ...
Sustainable Brands

Ocean Conservancy Plan Could Cut Ocean Plastic Waste 45% by 2025, 100% by 2035

Ocean Conservancy on Wednesday released a report that proposes a four-point solution to cutting ocean plastic waste by 45 percent by 2025 with the ultimate goal of eradicating the issue by 2035.
Digital Journal

So where does the oceans’ plastic waste come from?

In the form of bottles, tyres, packaging and piping, millions of tonnes of plastic waste are dumped every year in the world’s waterways. In the form of bottles, tyres, packaging and piping, millions ...