The metal box that accidentally discovered the history of ocean plastics. One headline is that it shows what is believed to be the first recording of a plastic bag in the ocean - a bag that became ...

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 ...

There are disintegrating woven plastic fertiliser bags, plastic straws - and much ... world to completely eliminate plastic waste into the ocean. If all nations agree to that long-term goal ...

In Wales people now pay for every plastic carrier bag. This has resulted in an 80% ... Spread the word - drains lead to the ocean. Always put your litter in a bin and recycle.

Period. Bar none,” Savoca says, referring to straws, water bottles, and plastic bags. Some 700 species of marine animals have been reported—so far—to have eaten or become entangled in plastic.

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 ...

This is not the first case linking plastics with the deepest parts of the ocean. Explorer makes alarming find while ...

Barry Rosenthal started collecting plastic garbage on a New York shoreline ... their shades of white—and their slow degradation by ocean waves, harsh sunlight, sand, and salt.

Plus, for every reusable bag sold during the month of April, Baggu will donate $0.10 to the Surfrider Foundation to help keep plastic pollution out of the ocean. BahrEco Produce Bags Most of us ...

The bill, SB270, was a response to rising levels of litter - particularly in the Pacific ocean. But it caused outrage at the time from plastic bag manufacturers, who claim the bill will destroy ...

combat ocean acidification, and create jobs. For more, visit swaythefuture.com. More from World Wide Waste A California startup makes compostable replacements for thin-film plastic out of seaweed.