Plastic pollution is more concentrated in some lakes and reservoirs around the world than in the infamous “garbage patches” of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, according to a study published in the ...

At a large warehouse full of roaring recycling machines, Chloé Dubois stands beside a sack full of thousands of tiny plastic ...

Trying to solve the world's ocean plastic pollution problem has been a "long and painful journey" for Dutch entrepreneur Boyan Slat. The 28-year-old founder of non-profit environmental organisation ...

Jellyfish and plastic floating in the Aeolian Sea off of Sicily, Italy. A recent review found that more than 900 species have ingested or become entangled in plastic, from zooplankton at the bottom of ...

If your family is anything like mine, it’s not officially summer without a trip to the beach. The sand, sun and surf is where many of our favorite memories are made. But take a walk on your favorite ...

According to Mongabay, coral reefs in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are being irrevocably damaged by plastic waste. The ...

The interactive Ocean Plastics Lab is visiting Ottawa until Aug. 12 It can be difficult to grasp the scale of ocean plastic pollution, but a temporary exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature aims ...

Scientists in Madeira study the impacts of plastics on whales and dolphins. Far out in the eastern Atlantic, the Portuguese island of Madeira rises from the depths of the open ocean. Despite its ...

TORONTO – Bottles, plastic bags, food wrappers and toys: they are all found in our oceans. Though that’s no surprise, a new study that appears in the Feb. 13 journal Science, has concluded that ...

From a distance, it looked like a pretty ordinary Kits Beach scene — people playing volleyball, some people running, a couple sunbathing, a guy sitting on a beer cooler, others getting ready to surf, ...

New research published in the journal Marine Policy shows that humanity's garbage isn't just floating on the ocean surface where there might be some hope of cleaning it up. Video footage has captured ...

WATCH our plastic explainer special above, which aired on Global National. Over the last 10 years, we have produced more plastic than all of the 20th century. We look at exactly how our trash and ...