Plastic takes hundreds of years to degrade, and most of it does not even make it to the recycling bin. A 2017 study showed that of the 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic ever created, only 9 ...

In the vast, swirling expanse of the North Pacific Ocean lies a phenomenon as intriguing as it is troubling – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This colossal debris vortex stretching from ...

Stapleton: A microplastic is anywhere between one micron and five millimeters in size. That’s about the ... significantly higher concentrations of plastic particles in them than the tissues ...

There is no real market for plastics labeled No. 3 through No. 7, and the thin film from packaged goods is especially difficult to manage. All efforts to curb plastic use in the county have "gone ...

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Britons are throwing away an estimated 1.7 ... d like the government to make bigger changes and act more quickly, for the future generations like my son, and the wildlife, as there's so much ...

All of the volunteers had consumed food or beverages stored in plastic wrapping, bottles, or containers. Six of the 8 had eaten fish from the sea, not plastic fish but real fish. And the stool ...

More than five trillion pieces of plastic are already in the oceans, and by 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish, by weight, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Some 8 ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

Designer water, sold in plastic bottles, also has plastic that people ingest. A FIJI Natural Artesian Water case with 24 16.9 fl. oz. bottles costs $21.98. The microscopic plastic particles in it ...