"We removed 70 tons of plastic." Staggering images show renowned tropical paradise beach hit by 'nightmare': 'The worst ...

PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER STACKPOLE, LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES After we’d steamed ... much of it plastic. Last fall Break Free From Plastic, a coalition including Greenpeace and other ...

Not one square mile of surface ocean anywhere on earth is free of plastic pollution. The problem is growing into a crisis. The fossil fuel industry plans to increase plastic production by 40 percent ...

Let's face it, plastic pollution is far from glamorous ... I decided to take on a week of living totally plastic-free. I gave myself just two rules; no purchases of single-use plastic, and ...

Plastic pollution in our oceans is reaching alarming ... The World Wildlife Fund shared haunting images of the whale's ...

Ropes and fishing gear used in the fisheries and aquaculture industries are a major source of microplastics in the ocean and littering along the ...

The IAEA is working with experts from all over the world to change that fate and protect marine life and the environment from plastic pollution. With its partners, the IAEA is researching and ...

To end the plastic crisis, the UN plastic pollution treaty must introduce new global binding rules to regulate production and consumption. These rules must include measures to ban, phase-out, ...

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.