Plastic pollution in the ocean is on track to get a lot worse: In two decades, if business continues as usual, there will be nearly three times as much plastic waste leaking into the ocean every year, ...

Plastic permeates the oceans, clutters landfills, and threatens to create a “near-permanent contamination of the natural environment,” according to researchers. As if that weren’t bad enough, it is ...

People can help reduce plastic pollution by changing their habits, however governments have to step up and share the burden of tackling the problem. AFP via Getty Images BERLIN — Plastic pollution at ...

Global consumer product companies are setting ambitious goals to fight the plastic crisis, but are they acting on these promises? “It’s one thing to have a plan to be plastic neutral — it’s an ...

You might say IBM has joined the Plastic Avengers. The technology giant’s superpower: Designing a new data platform to help track plastic waste and recovery on a global scale. The Avengers group in ...

Berlin — Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world's oceans, according to a ...