The plastic pollution crisis has become one of the most pressing environmental challenges of the modern age. With millions of tons of plastic waste entering the world’s oceans each year, the damage to ...

On Kayak Island, off the south-central coast of Alaska, a team of researchers, students and conservationists combs the shoreline. The team finds a message in a bottle—a rare discovery—but the bottle ...

The Ocean Recovery Alliance, headquartered in Hong Kong, has released “Towards Circular Plastics: Assessing the Impact of Recycling Technologies in Tackling Plastic Pollution,” a report that assesses ...

Discover the alarming truth about ocean plastic pollution in this in-depth video, which examines how millions of tons of ...

A team of researchers in Hawaii are trying out making roads from recycled ocean plastic waste. It's the first time that ocean ...

The ocean plastic that washes up on Hawaii’s beaches is recycled into asphalt to pave roads. The roads are then tested for microplastic pollution.

A Japanese research team has created a plastic that breaks down in seawater, leaving no microplastics or toxins—just safe, natural elements. (CREDIT: 2025 RIKEN) Plastics are everywhere—from your ...

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 ...

A large pile of plastic bottles and cans collected on a street corner in downtown Manhattan, New York. A large pile of plastic bottles and cans collected on a street corner in downtown Manhattan, New ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the ...

Many large consumer product companies are falling short of the plastics recycling targets they set several years ago. Observers say this failure has contributed to hard times for the companies that ...