Barriers to be installed in Mumbai to stop flow of plastic waste into Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean ...

According to The Ocean Cleanup, the barriers are expected to recover between 61 and 92 tonnes of plastic annually once fully ...

Plastic waste has quietly reshaped the oceans you depend on, and a new global study from Tulane University shows the danger runs deeper than floating bottles and bags. Scientists have now mapped ...

Mumbai plans to install barriers in Trombay and Malad waterways to prevent 61 tonnes of plastic waste from entering the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean annually.

What long-term threats does plastic pollution have on the Earth, and specifically marine life? This is what a recent study published in Nature Sustainability hopes to address as a team of scientists ...

As at August 2020, a plastic tube for packaging jelly; manufactured in 1998 – for skin application – was still, almost entirely, intact. On the tube, the letters ‘Valon’ – the jelly manufacturer – ...

A family collect plastic waste on the shore inn Ocean Conservancy's clean up in the Norwegian Northern town of Skjervøy. Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing plastic litter ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...