Six-decade plankton study charts rise of ocean plastic waste
A trove of data showing when the Atlantic began choking with plastic has been uncovered in the handwritten logbooks of […]
Category: Catch Plastics
Alarm as study shows how microplastics are blown across the world 
Microplastic is raining down on even remote mountaintops, a new study has revealed, with winds having the capacity to carry […]
Biggest Contributors To Freshwater Plastic Pollution Revealed
The Plastic Rivers report, published today (8 April) in association with Plastic Oceans UK, has analysed data from nine studies of freshwater sources […]
Marine plastic pollution costs the world up to $2.5bn a year, researchers find
Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans costs society billions of dollars every year in damaged and lost resources, research has […]
WWF sounds alarm after 48 lbs of plastic found in dead whale
The World Wildlife Foundation is sounding the alarm over plastics in the Mediterranean Sea after an 8-meter (over 26-foot) sperm […]
ExxonMobil to report pellet pollution
Following pressure from a green shareholder activist group, ExxonMobil Chemical Co. agreed March 27 to expand its public reporting around […]
Environmental campaigners to test River Clyde for plastic pollution
Environmentalists are testing water from the river Clyde as part of an investigation into plastic pollution around the UK. Greenpeace […]
Start of Scientific Research into the Health Risks of Microplastics: Does Plastic Make Us Sick?
The Dutch organisation for health research and development, starts pioneering research projects that will look into the effects of micro […]
Progress to tackle fishing ‘ghost gear’ missing best-practice leadership, report claims
Progress has been made on discarded and abandoned fishing gear in the world’s oceans, but more needs to be done […]
The Indonesian paradise island drowning in plastic
What is missing in Paradise and where does single use plastic go on an island? The video shows us one […]