Taming plastic waste with silica plastic blocks
In a bid to curb plastic waste pollution, India-based company Rhino Machines has invented a way of using plastic...
How to replace single-use and plastic items in the kitchen
Scientists are predicting that by the year 2050, the ocean may have more plastic than fish. While countries...
PADI is making face masks from recycled ocean plastic
The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) has teamed up with eco-friendly activewear company Rash'R...
These adorable fish lamps raise awareness of plastic pollution
Single-use plastics are everywhere. No matter how small they are, these plastics often end up in either landfills...
Project Blu turns plastic bottles into sustainable pet products
Project Blu is a U.K.-based startup company that is creating sustainable pet products made from recycled materials...
Everloop’s sustainable toothbrush comes with replaceable bamboo bristles
Mexico City-based NOS has come out with a design to address one of the many causes of plastic pollution that consumers...
Discarded face masks now threatening wildlife habitats
The worldwide outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) prompted many to purchase face masks for protection. Unfortunately,...
Autonomous Draper Drone to detect microplastics in the water
Microplastic pollution is everywhere, but its size — less than five millimeters in length — makes the threat...
Greenpeace finds most ‘recyclable’ plastics are sent to landfills
Greenpeace recently published a study “to determine the legitimacy of ‘recyclable’ claims and labels on consumer...
China plans to phase out single-use plastics by 2025
As the world’s most populous country, with close to 1.5 billion denizens, China also produces the largest quantity...
Museum of Plastic pops up during Art Basel Miami Beach
The Museum of Plastic is popping up once again, this time at the EDITION Hotel during Art Basel Miami Beach, from...
The Ocean Cleanup reveals the Interceptor to remove plastic pollution from rivers
After recently announcing its first success at collecting plastic waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, The...
Halloween generates frightening amounts of plastic waste each year
Two eco-minded British charities, Hubbub and the Fairyland Trust, have revealed that Halloween generates mounds...
Scotland bans plastic-stemmed cotton swabs in bid to combat plastic pollution
Following backlash concerning plastic waste buildup in beaches and oceans, Scotland is now the first country in...
The Ocean Cleanup has first success collecting plastic from Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch nonprofit dedicated to eliminating plastic pollution in the oceans, recently announced...
One plastic teabag can release billions of microplastics into your cup
The next time you are craving tea, choose the paper teabag or loose-leaf tea in a reusable infuser — just steer...
Scientists warn we are now entering the plastic age
A recent study reports plastic pollution has deposited itself into our fossil record. Water bottles, lunch bags...
Artist submerges 24 portraits underwater to raise attention about our plastic waste
It's common knowledge that our oceans are suffocating because of our addiction to plastics. But there are some...
Are bioplastics better for the environment or a waste of time?
There has been massive pushback against the use of plastics over the past few years, including single-use plastic...
Babylegs — the inexpensive, educational way to monitor ocean plastic pollution
Plastic pollution is a frequent topic around the planet, especially when referencing marine life and water pollution....
San Francisco airport bans all plastic water bottles
The San Francisco airport (SFO) has become the first airport to announce a full ban of plastic water bottles throughout...
Giant totems in Poland warn against climate change catastrophe
In the heart of Poznań, Poland, artist Alicja Biała and architect Iwo Borkowicz have installed Totemy, a series...
Trash collecting device returned to Pacific garbage patch
A giant floating, trash collecting boom is en-route to return to the Pacific ocean after necessary repairs. Initially...
Have your plastic and eat it, too — average American ingests 50,000 microplastic particles a year
The first-ever study to calculate how much plastic Americans are eating every year has some unsavory findings....
Poland Spring pledges 100% recycled bottles by 2022
This week, Nestlé Waters North America promised that its Poland Spring brand would start using 100 percent recycled...
New report reveals 70 million metric tons of plastic burned worldwide each year
A new report reveals the scale of the world’s plastic problem and the alarming amount of plastic that is burned....
Even the most remote islands are victims of plastic pollution
Plastic hasn’t taken much more than a century to conquer the entire world. Since plastic’s invention in 1907,...
Ocean explorer finds plastic waste during world’s deepest dive
This May, American Victor Vescovo broke the standing record of the world’s deepest solo dive, venturing 7 miles...
Can’t make the climate strikes? Here are a few tips on how students can live sustainably
More than ever, students are leading the charge in promoting sustainable living. Protesting is an effective method...
The Phox V2 water filter fights plastic pollution
While water filters solve problems by cutting plastic waste and removing nasties from our drinks, they add to environmental...