Proposed “solutions” to mounting plastic waste in the ocean continue to border on the absurd — suggesting that banning straws, bags and other consumer products offers an answer. While these policies ...

In the vast, swirling expanse of the North Pacific Ocean lies a phenomenon as intriguing as it is troubling – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This colossal debris vortex stretching from ...

A family collect plastic waste on the shore inn Ocean Conservancy's clean up in the Norwegian Northern town of Skjervøy. Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing plastic litter ...

In his personal diary, Andy Warhol once scribbled: “I want to be plastic.” The late artist was fascinated with generic, mass-produced commodities – hence his compilation of Campbell’s soup cans – as a ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When you think of plastic in the oceans, you might think of the Pacific Garbage Patch being the worst of our problems.

Plastic pollution is a major issue in coastal cities such as Hong Kong. Credit: Stefan Irvine/LightRocket via Getty Images For a seabird, it can be tough to tell the difference between a squid snack ...

One of the biggest issues facing our oceans is plastic waste. Damage to economies, industry, and the environment is estimated to cost the world $2.5 trillion annually. But there's hope on the horizon.

Scientists are working to understand the effects of microplastics and stem the flow of these toxic pollutants into the world’s bodies of water. But polymer production has an equally harmful effect on ...

There are massive "islands" of plastic swirling around our oceans at the moment, the biggest of which is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Yet, researchers have now revealed that there are millions ...

A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners predicts that plastic pollution will more than double over the next 15 years — the equivalent of dumping nearly a garbage truck full of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three months ago, five gifted students from St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School started sacrificing after-school time and Saturdays ...

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...