Globally, we’re producing around 400 million metric tons of plastic each year. Nearly half of that is single-use: everything from cutlery and clamshell cases to plates and produce bags. Life is so ...

Reusable grocery bags, food-service containers, and cutlery are better for the environment than single-use alternatives, even those that are compostable, concluded a comprehensive study published in ...

It affects all of Hawaii, but Kauai most of all. International cooperation on open-ocean debris is necessary to cut off the waste stream, Surfrider holds — and everyone can help by using less plastic.

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...

Bridget Cevero of the Maritime Aquarium, left, and Annalisa Paltauf of Save the Sound, hold up the 35.75 pounds of trash collected by volunteers at the cleanup at Sherwood Island State Park last year.

While plastics are extremely useful materials for modern society, plastics production and pollution continue to increase with worsening environmental and public health impacts. Every where you look ...

As talks on a global treaty on plastic waste approach, an environmental group has found that only a handful of U.S. states are taking meaningful action to rein in the plastic waste that harms ocean ...

Nobody wants plastic pollution. That doesn’t mean poorly considered and heavy-handed governmental actions are the solution. The primary concern regarding plastic pollution is ocean plastic pollution.