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.

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 ...

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.

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.