The government has said it is "appalled" and called for a “thorough investigation” after huge numbers of plastic beads washed up on south coast beaches. Southern Water apologised for the spill, which ...

Recycling is cool, reducing is better: fighting plastic pollution at source Faced with the explosion of plastic consumption, scientists and institutions are warning: recycling will not be enough.

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There are few excuses left for polluting our environment with plastics – and the UK can lead the charge towards a more circular future, say researchers from the University of Surrey. The comments come ...

A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners predicts that plastic pollution will more than double over the ...

The fight against plastic pollution and other environmental challenges must be a people-oriented movement. This is a fight for the preservation of our ecosystems, the future of our children, and the ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Hundreds of city leaders from along the Mississippi River met this weekend in St. Paul to address plastic pollution and discuss new strategies for cleanup. “Just having that ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Grants amounting $1.5 million has been awarded to fight plastic pollution threatening Hawaii’s coastlines. The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust awarded ...

Plastics are becoming more present in the seas and oceans around the world. The Mediterranean—a semi-enclosed marine basin—is one of the seas that accumulates more plastic waste from the continent, a ...

On a broad stretch of the River Nile in the heart of downtown Cairo, hundreds of young people work their way along the water’s edge, hauling out handfuls of plastic waste from floating islands of ...

The Mediterranean faces irreversible ecological and economic decline as pollution and climate pressures intensify. A new IUCN report urges urgent transformation, while OACM offers a scalable solution ...