Singapore’s innovative programme recycles ocean-bound plastic into benches, decking, and fixtures, promoting sustainability ...

THE Plastic Flamingo facility turns plastic waste into reusable plastic products, including construction materials. The photo shows The PLAF team members operating shredders that turn plastic waste ...

Carbon dioxide levels keep climbing, even after years of promises to cut emissions. At the same time, plastic waste pours ...

The amount of waste plastic in the oceans could treble in the next 10 years unless urgent action is taken to curb the problem, a report has warned. It’s estimated that a frankly staggering 12 million ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chloé Dubois, co-founder of The Ocean Legacy Foundation, is pictured near piles of plastic waste found in the ocean that will be ...

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Plastic waste has quietly reshaped the oceans you depend on, and a new global study from Tulane University shows the danger runs deeper than floating bottles and bags. Scientists have now mapped ...

Thailand is more aware than ever of the threat posed by plastic waste to the ecosystem and environment, especially trash in the oceans. As seen on the news, marine life is ingesting plastic waste and ...

We like to think that tossing a plastic bottle into a recycling bin means we’ve done our part, but the […] ...