We need to keep plastic out of the ocean. Is a bag ban Washington’s best solution? | Opinion
Banning plastic grocery bags ... risks increasing the use of alternatives that end up doing even more environmental damage, ...
Plastic pollution on UK beaches has increased again, ocean charity finds
The Marine Conservation Society said more than 15,000 volunteers picked up three quarters of a million pieces of litter ...
Salty threats for drinking water: Rising seas and land-based pollution
As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on. But this ...
Three quarters of a million pieces of rubbish found on UK beaches
Conservationists picked up hundreds of thousands of pieces of rubbish from British beaches last year, according to a charity.
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Plastic straws have come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stay
In 2023, Ocean Conservancy volunteers collected more than 61,000 plastic straws and stirrers polluting beaches and waterways in the U.S. There were even more cigarette butts, plastic bottles ...
How bad could the North Sea tanker collision be for the environment?
An environmental group in the U.K. says the North Sea tanker collision could become a "disaster in really important protected ...
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Study Finds Deepest Point of Mediterranean in Greece’s Ionian Sea Is Full of Litter
The first ever assessment of litter in Mediterranean's deepest place located in Greece's eastern Ionian Sea has detected huge ...
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WWG student creates mural to raise awareness on impacts of ocean pollution
Westbrook Walnut Grove student Gao Vang created a mural made from 1,000 bottle caps and 1,000 pop tabs to represent marine ...
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Venice’s canals are polluted with plastic. But where does it come from?
Seabirds fill their stomachs with bottle caps instead of fish ... a swirling vortex of ocean pollution that is larger than France. Europe is taking action to slow the plastic tide, and some ...