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Ocean Cleanup introduces technology that promises to clean up a third of the world's ocean trash in new TED Talk
With the organization’s technology, an area of the ocean the size of a football field is being cleaned every five seconds.
Unpacking long-standing claim oceans will contain more plastic than fish by 2050
A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and ...
Plastic Foam Must Be Phased Out To Protect The Oceans, Study Finds
A new report by Oceana warns plastic foam has become an “ever-present part of modern life” and must be phased out at a local, ...
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An uninhabited island in the middle of nowhere has a huge plastic pollution problem
SEE ALSO: This mobile game lets you 'clean up' plastic pollution from the ocean "What's happened on ... problem by taking a virtual tour on Google Maps. To see it for herself, she flew to Tahiti ...
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Citizen science to fight marine plastic pollution and improve environmental management
Plastics are becoming more present in the seas and oceans around the world. The Mediterranean — a semi-enclosed marine basin ...
Australia sees nearly 40% decline in plastic pollution along major city coastlines
Country has pledged to phase out unnecessary plastics by 2025 and recycle or reuse all its plastic waste by 2040 ...