The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says it saw an increase in plastic litter picked up by volunteers in 2024.

A total of 167 objects — made of plastic, glass, metal and paper — have been identified at the bottom. This includes plastic bags, a plastic sack, plastic food containers, plastic cups and ...

Plastic bags are a major contributor to pollution in Europe. They often end up as litter in the environment, where they take centuries to break down. Many of these bags are used only once before ...

Oregon lawmakers looking to stop plastic from piling up on the state’s beaches are turning their attention to other plastic ...

In late May, an Asahi Shimbun reporter saw white face masks washed ashore, along with littered plastic bottles and plastic bags, between breakwater blocks along a jetty in Osaka Prefecture ...

The Oregon Senate advanced a bill Tuesday that would expand the state’s plastic bag ban to cover restaurant takeout bags and thicker plastic bags.

“We have huge trees in our layout, and unfortunately, we found all kinds of waste littered around them. We cleared the plastic and enriched the soil by adding compost. So far, we have cleaned ...

With strict reporting rules in place, the EU is monitoring the impact of these measures and considering further action to ...

U.S. manufacturers asked Trump to remain at the negotiating table but revert to the old position that focused on redesigning plastic products, recycling and reuse. The environment is littered with ...

Plastic accounted for nearly 90 per cent of ... “The dive videos show the floor of the Calypso Deep littered by anthropogenic debris, with litter concentrations among the highest ever recorded ...