EurekAlert!

Plastic pollution could linger at ocean surfaces for over a century, new research finds

How plastic sinks to the deep sea — over time, sunlight and waves break large plastic items into tiny fragments that stick to marine snow. These particles gradually sink through the ocean, carrying ...
EurekAlert!

The Lancet: Plastic pollution is an underrecognised threat to health, experts warn as they launch a project to track plastics’ health impacts and monitor progress

The Lancet: Plastic pollution is an underrecognised threat to health, experts warn as they launch a project to track plastics’ health impacts and monitor progress Ahead of the expected finalisation of ...
news.ucsb.edu

How plastic pollution flows from rivers to oceans — and how to stop it

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...
DevdiscourseOpinion

Plastic Pollution Needs a Regional Crackdown, Not Just National Bans

It uses the region as a case study of a wider governance problem facing many developing and institutionally fragile regions: ...
Medical Xpress

Plastic pollution is an underrecognized threat to health, experts warn

Ahead of the expected finalization of a UN global plastics treaty, a group of international experts calls for a greater focus on health impacts when considering plastic pollution. The Health Policy ...
Los Angeles Times

We’re losing the race against plastic, but there’s a solution

Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second. Plastic is everywhere in modern life and has essential, lifesaving ...
The Conversation

Plastic pollution hotspots pinpointed in new research – India ranks top due to high levels of uncollected waste

We have used machine learning to identify the biggest plastic pollution hotspots across more than 50,000 towns, cities and rural areas worldwide. Our new global model reveals the most detailed picture ...
C&EN

52 million tons of plastic slips into the environment every year

An estimated 52 million metric tons of plastic is spilling uncontrolled into the environment every year, according to a new study (Nature 2024, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07758-6). By weight, 43% of this ...
MyJoyOnline

Ocean Harmony Project founder warns plastic pollution is entering the human food chain through fish

Ghana's plastic pollution crisis is no longer confined to littered streets, clogged drains and flooded communities, according to ocean conservation advocate Abdul Na-eem Muniru, who warns that ...
AllAfrica

Africa: Experts Warn Plastic Crisis Extends Beyond Oceans

Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to the world's oceans and ecosystems, and experts warn that ...
New Scientist

A fifth of the world's plastic garbage is either burned or littered

Around 1.5 billion people around the world do not have access to garbage collection services, and how they dispose of their plastic waste has become a serious environmental problem. Most of these ...