This floating park in Rotterdam is made from recycled plastic waste
More than 1,000 square feet of plastic ultimately destined to pollute the ocean is getting a second lease on life...
Starbucks ditches plastic straws for the environment
Coffee drinkers around the world can soon sip their daily latte in peace, knowing it is getting better for the...
Australia takes stand on single-use plastic bags
Single-use plastic bags are going out of style in Australia, but shoppers aren't thrilled by the reduction. Two...
First paper straw factory in decades to open as UK bans plastic
As the United Kingdom moves forward with its planned ban on single-use plastic products, the first paper straw...
American Express to offer credit card created with upcycled ocean plastic
Plastic is part of so many products in our day-to-day lives, from obvious ones like plastic bags to ones you may...
New study suggests that plastic waste may be transformed into usable energy
A new study from the Earth Engineering Center (EEC|CCNY) at the Grove School of Engineering of the City College...
India plans to eliminate single-use plastic by 2022
Big news from India: the country aims to abolish single-use plastic in about four years. Prime minister Narendra...
UN releases first “state of plastics” report on World Environment Day
The United Nations has released its first-ever global plastics report on June 5th, World Environment Day. Well-timed...
Pilot whale dies in Thailand with more than 17 pounds of plastic in its stomach
A small male pilot whale, found unable to breath or move in a canal in Thailand last week, has died from large...
Flawed recycling results in dangerous chemicals in black plastic
Unsafe recycling of electronic waste has resulted in the distribution of dangerous chemicals into new products...
The Dung Beetle Project farts flames as it transforms plastic into fuel
We tend to view plastic waste as worthless garbage, but a group of innovators and creators in Africa view it as...
Man plans to swim the Pacific Ocean to raise awareness for plastic pollution
You've heard a lot about the ocean plastic crisis, and may even know a fair amount about the Great Pacific Garbage...
Point Nemo, the most remote spot in the ocean, is plagued with plastic
Point Nemo is so remote that those on the International Space Station, hundreds of miles above Earth, are usually...
‘World’s deepest plastic bag’ found in the Mariana Trench
Plastic pollution is a scourge upon the planet - and it turns out that it's reached the deepest ocean trench on...
Ecobricks transform plastic trash into reusable building blocks
People are getting creative with plastic waste around the world, and now Ecobricks wants to utilize plastic for...
UK government wants to ‘eliminate’ wet wipes in plastic crackdown
It's not just plastic bottles and plastic bags clogging waterways — wet wipes are a pervasive problem, and the...
Breakthrough polymer could lead to ‘infinitely’ recyclable plastics
Plastics are long-lasting, convenient, inexpensive, and terrible for the environment. Although recycling reduces...
11 inspiring designs we loved at Milan Design Week 2018
Designers awed and inspired attendees at this year's Milan Design Week with fresh takes on contemporary design....
Arctic sea ice is filled with record levels of microplastics
Even the Arctic can't escape plastic pollution. Scientists gathered ice samples from five distinct regions in the...
The Ocean Cleanup is about to send a giant plastic collector to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is growing at an alarming rate — and it's already three times the size of France....
Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that chomps plastic for lunch
Could we solve the plastic pollution crisis with a mutant enzyme? At a trash dump in 2016, Japanese researchers...
Study suggests the average person consumes 70,000 microplastic bits every year
"Plastic: it's what's for dinner." Plastics are polluting the world's waterways - and they're also found in abundance...
A company in Ghana is turning plastic bags into roads
Only two percent of plastic trash in Ghana is recycled, according to a video from the World Economic Forum (WEF)...
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is growing at an exponential rate
Scientists recently found that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - now three times the size of France - is showing...
The amount of plastic in the ocean could triple in 10 years
Plastic in the ocean could triple between 2015 and 2025, according to a new report for the United Kingdom government....
90% of bottled water contains microplastics, according to a new study
If you thought you were safe drinking bottled water, think again. The Guardian reports that a new study commissioned...
Plastic-fishing group in Amsterdam turns trash into contemporary furniture
If we remove plastic from the world's waterways, what happens to it next? Amsterdam-based Plastic Whale - the "first...
First plastic-free supermarket aisle opens in Amsterdam
The world's first plastic-free supermarket aisle opened on February 28 at the Amsterdam location of the Netherlands-based...
BP’s chief economist predicts plastic bans will slash oil demand
Oil giant BP has predicted that increased regulation of plastic pollution around the world will result in decreased...
The Ocean Cleanup launches San Francisco base in Pacific trash-busting bid
The Ocean Cleanup Project seeks to dismantle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, guided by an ambitious design concept...