Hundreds of Sharks and Rays Entangled in Plastic Debris, Study Finds
More than a thousand sharks and rays have become entangled in jettisoned fishing gear and plastic debris, a new study […]
Category: Catch Plastics
Great Pacific garbage patch: giant plastic trap put to sea again
A floating device designed to catch plastic waste has been redeployed in a second attempt to clean up a huge […]
G20 launch new framework for combating marine plastic pollution
Environment ministers representing the G20 block of nations have agreed to a new framework tackling ocean plastic waste. The move, […]
More Microplastics in Deep Sea Than Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) used small drone submarines to take sea-water […]
High levels of plastic litter in UK waterways, claims study
Research from the Canal River Trust has claimed that 14 million items of plastic end up in the UK’s waterways […]
People eat at least 50,000 plastic particles a year, study finds
The average person eats at least 50,000 particles of microplastic a year and breathes in a similar quantity, according to […]
‘It’s Raining Plastic’: Researchers Find Microscopic Fibers in Colorado Rain Samples
Greg Wetherbee, an US Geological Survey researcher, collected rain samples from eight sites along Colorado’s Front Range. The sites are part […]
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 […]
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 […]