Plastic pollution poses significant and urgent global challenges, impacting ecosystems, human health, and economies. With 6mn ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise ... COMPOSITE OF FIVE IMAGES Printer cartridges have been washing up on European beaches since early 2014, after they ...

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 ...

Using artificial intelligence to process drone images is allowing researchers to tackle plastic pollution in the ocean in new ways. Oceanographers and computer scientists in Japan are spearheading ...

The lenses are consequently spread on farmland as sewage sludge, increasing plastic pollution in the environment. Around 45m people wear contacts in the US, while rates in other countries vary ...

Amid the beauty of Anilao’s waters, a powerful image captured by a diver-photographer sheds light on a persistent issue ...

Seven more nations unite in the global fight against plastic pollution, advancing sustainability and fostering green jobs ...

And one study estimates that 90% of seabirds have consumed some form of plastic waste. All that pollution on beaches and in the ocean is harmful to both marine life and humans. So Adidas is trying ...

More than 170 nations across the globe have backed a historic UN resolution to end plastic pollution, with an international legally binding agreement to be in place by 2024. The resolution at ...

A plan for zero tolerance of plastic pollution of the oceans may be agreed by nations at a UN environment summit. Governments are being asked to move towards a legal treaty banning plastic waste ...

We've all seen the dreadful images that show this as it happens ... that about 85 per cent of them are affected by plastic pollution. Volunteers around the country participated in the first ...