A Scottish village has become plastic straw-free after a campaign by school pupils....
Polluted plastics could be a primary food source for some organisms....
Plastic packaging weighing more than the equivalent of 3.3 million emperor penguins will be thrown away this Christmas, campaigners have warned....
A four-point plan for tackling plastic waste has been outlined by the Environment Secretary Michael Gove....
The dye could help find hidden plastic that is having a hugely negative impact on underwater environments and its inhabitants. ...
At the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, more than 200 nations passed a resolution to eliminate plastic pollution in our seas. Although it's not a legally binding treaty, it could pave the way to one....
The episode mentioned the spill in 1992 of a shipping container filled with plastic bath toys. About 7,000 rubber ducks were accidentally released into the Pacific Ocean....
Life in the seas risks irreparable damage from a rising tide of plastic waste, the UN oceans chief has warned....
35 million. That’s the number of new plastic bottles we get through in the UK every single day....
An annual nationwide clean-up found single-use plastic items involved in the on-the-go food and drink market now make up one in every five pieces of litter....