Eight million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. What it's done to this island is a stark warning.

Plastic risk maps reveal hidden ocean hotspots where wildlife faces harm from ingestion, entanglement, and chemicals.

HANGA ROA, Easter Island (Reuters) - Easter Island, the tiny remote speck of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is stuck in an oceanic vortex of plastic. According to municipal data from Rapa ...

Global waste has always had particularly devastating effects on developing countries, with island nations such as the Philippines and Indonesia bearing the brunt of waste produced by larger nations ...

One of the biggest issues facing our oceans is plastic waste. Damage to economies, industry, and the environment is estimated to cost the world $2.5 trillion annually. But there's hope on the horizon.

A mass of plastic in the Pacific Ocean, increasing tenfold each decade since 1945, is now the size of Texas and killing everything in its wake. Each hour North Americans consume and discard about 2.75 ...

Tofino, the tiny surf townon Vancouver Island, recently announced that single-use plastic water bottles that measure one ...

A 20-foot long shipping container used as a key link for removing marine debris from Maui’s beaches has been stolen. Used by ...