According to Greenpeace, only 9% of the world's plastic gets recycled. Instead, plastic waste continues to collect in our ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — For most of us, July means fireworks, barbecues, beach days and vacation, but it’s also the month in which everyone around the world is called on to reduce our plastic ...

I’ve been wanting to cut down on plastic use in my daily life for a long time now. Not only is it wasteful — most plastic will stick around for hundreds and even thousands of years — but there have ...

From drones and smart cameras to biodegradable packaging, EU-funded researchers are working to remove plastic from rivers before it ever reaches the sea.By Tom CassauwersFrom his bedroom desk in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Shutterstock / Real_Life_photo Credit: Shutterstock / Real_Life_photo Most people are aware of the harm single-use plastic ...

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 ...