Background: Early estimates of ocean pollution left open questions. The 2015 study was one of the first comprehensive research efforts to tally up how much plastic ends up in the ocean.

Plastic is a major source of pollution, particularly in the world’s oceans. Approximately 76 percent of all plastic produced between 1950 and 2017 has become waste, with a majority discarded in ...

Marine plastic pollution and nature conservation concept - penguin trapped in plastic net tsvibrav/Getty. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the world's largest environmental ...

Plastic particles that wear off tires are one of the most common sources of that pollution. So, the researchers expect highways and freeways to be a big source.

Photographer Mandy Barker has spent more than 10 years creating images of marine debris to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the world ... which I throw randomly on to the background, ...

Plastic and pathogens Karen Shapiro , an infectious disease expert at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, investigates interactions between microplastic pollution and pathogens. Her team is ...

The plastic pollution has been magnified by COVID-19, but the pandemic is not the root cause of it – single-use plastics were already pervasive and disposed of improperly.

Is the beauty industry doing enough to tackle plastic pollution? The beauty sector generated over 142 billion units of packaging last year – most of which ended up in landfill or the ocean.

By collecting pieces of plastic waste and photographing them on a plain background, Barker found that the trash became shocking again. “I wanted to create something that would resonate,” she says.

Photographer Mandy Barker has spent more than 10 years creating images of marine debris to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the world ... which I throw randomly on to the background, ...