Barry Rosenthal started collecting plastic garbage on a New York shoreline ... He started building and photographing sculptures of ocean trash to illustrate the problem of marine pollution.

Some 8 million tons of plastic trash leak into the ocean annually, and it's getting worse every year. Americans are said to use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. Nothing is an emergency ...

But how does our plastic waste end up littering the ocean? Even if you live hundreds of miles away from the sea, the plastic you use can still make its way into the ocean. As much as 80% of the ...

Endangered wildlife like Hawaiian monk seals and Pacific loggerhead sea turtles are among nearly 700 species that eat and get caught in plastic litter. It's time to get at the root of this ocean ...

So how does plastic end up in the ocean? There are many ways that plastic gets into our oceans and seas. One way is litter. When plastic rubbish drops on the ground, it can end up in our drains.

SINGAPORE – Heaps of plastic trash on Singapore’s beaches are a common sight during the country’s two main monsoon seasons. Most of the debris originates from offshore sources, according to ...

The BMC Hills 2 Oceans litter picking campaign aims to encourage our members to pick up litter from crags and hillsides when they're out. There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean.