This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis. Learn what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics. Read this story ...

An article recently published in Waste Management Bulletin comprehensively explored the critical issue of managing marine plastic pollution using advanced optical sorting technologies. It highlighted ...

Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

Why would an apex ocean predator eat gloves? Or rope? Or plastic cups? How does a whale end up with more than 200 pounds of waste in its stomach? In November 2019, a young sperm whale was found dead ...

Worldwide plastic waste has more than doubled since 2000, figures show – but two-thirds of Brits (67 per cent) are unaware of the impact this is having on working animals overseas. With an estimated ...