According to Channel News Asia, a study conducted in Indonesia found that almost 94% of fish sampled from Jakarta Bay ...

The rise in plastic waste, including microscopic plastic floating in our oceans, is pushing more than 160 nations to develop a global plan to dramatically reduce the world's growing piles of plastic.

Between 4.8 million and 12.7 million tons of plastic are thought to enter the oceans every year, and microplastic pollution is forecast to double by 2040.

Microplastics are a growing concern globally. These tiny pieces of plastic are found in the sea, land, and air — and, ...

Microplastics have already found their way into every environment on our planet, but contamination from this pollution is expected to get increasingly worse. Microplastic pollution could more than ...

Across these three categories—waste management, marine and terrestrial pollution, and public health—we found that under a business-as-usual scenario, the plastic pollution that has accumulated ...

Three-quarters of them also supported an international treaty aiming at ending plastic pollution, “even if it means the U.S. may have to follow difficult and expensive rules.” ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...

Plastic-eating bacteria could combat pollution problems, scientists hope A bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a new study finds.