Social Media Ideas for Ocean Plastics

Plastic food packaging blankets the world’s coastlines, study finds

Food packaging ranks among the top plastic pollutants littering the world’s coastlines, a new study confirms. The study, published May 20 in the journal One Earth, analyzed data fr...

Why sustainable alternatives to plastic are struggling to compete

Plastic pollution is choking the ocean, but sustainable alternatives - including seaweed - remain held back by tariffs, fragmented regulations and the overwhelming market advantage...

Microplastics Could Affect the Ocean's Ability to Absorb Carbon

 [By Ingebjørg Hestvik]“We study how plastic affects what we call ecosystem services, that is, the services we receive from ecosystems. When the ocean...

Ocean Cleanup Targets Plastic Trash In Southern California

Ocean Cleanup is collecting plastic trash from 10 rivers around the world as it seeks to clean up the world's oceans. The post Ocean Cleanup Targets Plastic Trash In Southern Cali...

Plastic food and drink packaging ‘world’s most common coastal litter’

Global study finds wrappers, bottles and lids on shorelines of 93% of countries analysed as UN talks to tackle issue stallPlastic food wrappers, bottles, lids and caps are by far t...

Plastic chokes Indonesian islands as policies, enforcement slip through ghost nets

Ghost nets and plastic pollution plague Indonesia’s Anambas Islands, harming marine life and exposing the gap between regional pledges and enforcement. This environmental crisis is...

New Report On International Plastic Pellet Count Finds More Than 1 Million Tiny ‘Nurdles’ In Waterways

No matter where you live, there’s a good chance that plastic pellets (aka "nurdles") pollute waterways nearby.

New efforts are pushing to keep more styrofoam out of the world's oceans

Worldwide, 33 billion pounds of plastic enters the oceans every year — including single-use plastic foam, or Styrofoam. More governments are working to ban its use and keep it out...

New efforts are pushing to keep more styrofoam out of the world's oceans

Worldwide, 33 billion pounds of plastic enters the oceans every year — including single-use plastic foam, or Styrofoam. More governments are working to ban its use and keep it out...

Africa: Experts Warn Plastic Crisis Extends Beyond Oceans

[allAfrica] Mombasa, Kenya -- Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to the world's oceans and ecosystems, and experts warn that solutions must go far beyond...

As plastic chokes Vietnam's seas, people of faith cast their nets for hope

Vietnam is among the five largest contributors to marine plastic pollution globally. For local fishing communities, the consequences are becoming impossible to ignore. Every trip b...

Microplastic pollution can fuel rise in antibiotic resistance, studies find

Plastic pollution is among the gravest environmental crises facing humanity. Plastic production since 1950 has exceeded 8,300 million metric tons, with most plastic waste ending up...

WWF report finds persistent plastic pollution on Greek beaches, warns of microplastics threat

Plastic pollution continues to pose a major threat to Greece’s coastline, though new monitoring data from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) show early signs of improvement in so...

From Wine Barrels to Shrimp Tanks

Can Wood Replace Plastic in Aquaculture?

ocean vortex envisions a spiraling floating parliament built from recycled marine waste

the project transforms marine pollution into a floating platform for public dialogue, environmental education, and collective action. The post ocean vortex envisions a spiraling fl...

Why Plastic Persists: How Water Chemistry Hampers Nature’s Cleanup

For decades, scientists have recognized that sunlight plays a crucial role in breaking down plastic materials, yet the persistence of plastic debris in aquatic environments remains...

Scientists Are Turning Ocean Trash Into Roads – and It’s Actually Working

Hawaii researchers are testing whether plastic waste and abandoned fishing nets can be safely reused in asphalt roads. Hawaii is struggling with plastic waste. Recycling is difficu...

Column: Tap green fee to tackle marine debris

The ocean surrounding our islands is central to our culture, economy, and way of life is under constant threat from marine debris, much of it originating far beyond Hawaii’s shores...

Phone Case Brand Designs Autonomous Floating Plastic Collection Platform to Combat Ocean Waste

In a stunning act of corporate responsibility, one of the world’s largest makers of smartphone cases has designed and built a seaborne drone carrier designed to clean up ocean-boun...

SMX and the Age of Parity: Why the Next Plastic Boom Will Be Recycled

SMX and The Age of Parity: Why Recycled Plastic Is Moving From Green Promise to Economic Necessity

New model of ocean waves sheds fresh light on the spread of microplastic pollution

Waves that decay over time can transport particles vertically as well as horizontally The post New model of ocean waves sheds fresh light on the spread of microplastic pollution ap...

Fisheries Dept launches ‘no single-use plastic’ campaign at 56 marine parks across Malaysia 

KUALA NERUS, June 8 — The Department of Fisheries Malaysia (DOF) is rolling out a “No Single-Use Plastic&rdq...

SMX and the Age of Parity: Recycled Plastic Is No Longer a Sustainability Choice-It's an Economic Imperative