The main source of ocean plastic pollution is land-based—80% of plastic in the ocean originates on ... They are too small to be filtered out by waste water plants and end up being consumed by small ...

Meanwhile, ocean plastic is estimated to kill millions of ... could release more than a trillion bits of plastic into the water, according to one estimate. On some beaches on the Big Island ...

Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ... Protection Agency asking the government to regulate plastics as a pollutant under the Clean Water ...

Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ... Protection Agency asking the government to regulate plastics as a pollutant under the Clean Water ...

Millions of tons of plastic end up in Earth’s water bodies every year ... according to the World Health Organization. Ocean plastic pollution can carry disease, harm wildlife, and alter the ...

Researchers from Tel Aviv University found that marine creatures like ascidians can change the composition of microplastics, ...

the plastic will eventually break down into water and carbon dioxide. Plastics that break down in the ocean have been developed in the past, but they have not been durable enough to be used in ...

Plastic has become a vital part of our lives of convenience. Yet the coffee cup lids, water bottles and bags we use once and throw away do end up somewhere -- in landfills, but also in the ocean.

Adidas uses Ocean Plastic to form the upper parts of shoes ... Recycled polyester uses less water and fewer chemicals and helps prevent plastic pollution. Adidas' goal is to replace all virgin ...

They also make plastic-free reusable water bottles, for which it makes the ... at least in part, from recycled ocean plastics. They could do more, but with something like 41% of the Parley x ...