Ten eco-activists are wanted for a 20-day eco-adventure, sailing from Hawaii to Vancouver while studying plastic pollution in the oceans.

A new study by two graduate students from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego found that a little over nine percent of the fish that swim ne

More people will soon become familiar with the concept of a plastic footprint.

The great Pacific garage patch is giving sea striders a place to breed out on the open ocean, changing the natural environment there, new research suggests.

To qualify as biodegradable, plastic must be scientifically proven to break down completely within a short time, but even plastic certified as biodegradable may

Plastic pollution similar to ocean 'garbage patches' has been found in the Great Lakes, especially microscopic beads used in many personal care products.

Tern Island is so besieged by garbage it may become the first U.S. hazardous-waste site whose main problem is plastic.

A vast amount of the plastic garbage littering the surface of the ocean may be disappearing, a new study suggests.

Earth's oceans now contain 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic trash, according to the most thorough survey of its kind.

A new study reveals the global pace of plastic pollution, where it's coming from, and how we might start to stem the tide.

Ocean currents have carried about 300 billion pieces of plastic trash to the Arctic Ocean, a new study finds, and more is on the way.

Up to 95 percent of the plastic waste carried out to sea by rivers seems to travel through just 10 waterways, according to a new study.

The Indian Ocean is the world's biggest plastic dumping ground, but some of it is leaking elsewhere.

Plastic straws create litter and often end up in the stomachs of wild animals — but the group Last Plastic Straw has an easy solution.

Researchers found that three out of four everyday plastic items contain toxins.

Scientists are are trying to understand why fish eat ocean plastic, how it affects them and how it affects their predators — including us.

The short answer is yes — but, there are caveats.

You're ingesting microplastics when you consume this trendy salt source.

These DIY projects will have you see plastic bottles in completely new ways.

Mealworms are able to safely subsist on a diet of polystyrene, researchers have found.

Meanwhile in England, shopping basket theft is on the rise.

The turtle survived, but a video of the ordeal demonstrates why recycling can be a matter of life and death.

Onward Bag is landfill-skirting design at its most ingenious.

Japanese scientists have found a special bacteria, Ideonella sakainesis, that likes to eat polyethylene terephthalate, better known as PET.

Manufacturing and distribution of plastic shopping bags come with steep fines and serious jail time in the East African nation.

Innovators like Sea2See and Adidas are taking marine trash and turning it into treasure.

The fast-food chain is switching to paper straws later this year.

Several months into China's ban on most waste imports, a new study paints a sobering yet optimistic view of how we need to handle our plastic.

A river pollution clean-up project yields spectacular results in Rotterdam.

The deposit-based Norwegian approach to plastic bottle recycling is an attractive, effective one.

Some business groups oppose plastic straw bans because they see it as excessive regulation, but other groups have more practical issues with the bans.

Plastic bottles and caps should now be kept together when you recycle them. The reason? It's easier to sort them that way.

Incineration has become America's stopgap solution following China's crackdown on imported foreign waste, and it's hurting low-income communities.

Several bee species have begun using manmade plastic waste to build their nests, according to several studies.

A 'living' wrapper called kombucha slime could ease the world's plastic pain.

Incredible enzyme is capable of breaking down the PET in plastic bottles into raw materials in as little as 10 hours.

Watch as a WWE observer releases beautiful olive ridley sea turtle from entrapment.

We all know there's too much plastic making its way into the environment; here's an innovative solution to a seemingly intractable problem.

Vanessa answers questions on recycling, including plastic bottle caps, plastic overwrap, motor oil, glass and taped cardboard boxes.

It could represent a biodegradable solution to the omnipresent pollution clogging our landfills.

Georgia Tech researchers have developed a flexible packaging material that combines cellulose nanocrystals and chitin nanofibers. It could replace PET.

The paper Unocup ditches plastic in a bid to reduce waste and improve ergonomics.

Microplastics in fresh water are primarily laundry lint that comes from washing machines, and they end up in your drinking glass.

Scientists have discovered a novel new way of using microwaves to turn orange peels and other plant-based waste into plastic.

This plastic-free solution for shampoo, conditioner and more from Nohbo could be the solution.

Just why is that grocery bag or holiday wrapping paper so irresistable to your feline friend? Scientists have some thoughts on why cats love paper and plastic.

Whatever your intent, the statistics show you're probably only using those reusable bags once.

Researchers counted nearly 600,000 dead hermit crabs on one island chain alone.

Just because you put plastic items in the recycling bin, doesn't mean they get recycled.

Could plastic-eating waxworms be part of the solution to our plastic pollution?