Studies estimate there are now 15–51 trillion pieces of plastic in the world's oceans — from the equator to the poles, from Arctic ice sheets to the sea floor. Not one square mile of surface ocean ...

Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment.

Up to 11 million tonnes of plastic waste is estimated to be blanketing the ocean floor. It’s believed the volume making its way into those depths could be up to 100 times more than the plastic ...

"It is important to show that plastic is making its way to the ocean floor—that our actions directly influence our environment. We have ever-increasing evidence of plastic's negative impact on ...

Recent findings from CSIRO, Australia's leading science agency, and the University of Toronto reveal that approximately 11 million tons of plastic waste is currently accumulated on the ocean bed.

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

A rising tide of plastic waste is choking our oceans, threatening fragile ecosystems and killing sea life. While plastic has revolutionised our way of life since it was invented in the 1950s, the ...

The Ocean Cleanup started removing plastic from the ocean a decade ago. But most of that plastic comes from rivers, so it started building solar-powered river cleaners to catch garbage before it ...

The award-winning documentary A Plastic Ocean by Australian journalist Craig Leeson investigates the devastating impact plastic has had on our environment, especially our marine life. Young Post ...

Much of the plastic that does not end up in landfill or go through other waste management pathways (such as recycling or incineration) is thought to end up in the ocean. Between 4.8 and 12.7 million ...

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 ...