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New EU plastic pellet rules greeted with caution
Alex Shaw
22 Apr 2025
Plastic-eating seabird chicks show signs of organ failure and cognitive decline
Spoorthy Raman
16 Apr 2025
Award-winning film highlights lasting damage from X-Press Pearl disaster in Sri Lanka
Malaka Rodrigo
11 Apr 2025
In Panama, Indigenous Guna prepare for climate exodus from a second island home
Euan Wallace
10 Apr 2025
Indonesia bets on ‘reuse’ to curb plastic waste and build a circular economy
Hans Nicholas Jong
10 Apr 2025
Bangladesh continues promotion of biodegradable bags amid battle against polythene
Mohammad Al-Masum Molla
1 Apr 2025
Plastic pollution cuts into fishers’ livelihoods in Ecuador and Peru
Ana Cristina Alvarado
24 Mar 2025
Microplastic within humans now a health crisis: Interview with ‘Plastic People’ filmmakers
Liz Kimbrough
19 Mar 2025
Researchers find microplastics for the first time in the Finnish Sámi waters
Sonam Lama Hyolmo
4 Feb 2025
Underwater citizen science reveals the specter of ghost fishing in Thailand
Carolyn Cowan
30 Jan 2025
2024’s top ocean news stories (commentary)
Alfredo Giron, Ana K. Spalding, Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, Asha de Vos, Cinda P. Scott, Josheena Naggea, Juan José Alava, Olivia Milloway, Rita Maria el Zaghloul
8 Jan 2025
Deadlocked plastic treaty talks will lead to renewed negotiations in 2025
Charles Pekow
10 Dec 2024
Desalination plants proposed for Texas Gulf Coast spur broad opposition
Erik Hoffner
27 Nov 2024
Thousands of chemicals from food packaging found in humans, a major study reveals
Rita Aksenfeld
25 Nov 2024
Plastic pollution pushing Earth past all nine planetary boundaries: Report
Alden Wicker
25 Nov 2024
Microplastics are sickening and killing wildlife, disrupting Earth systems
Sharon Guynup
21 Nov 2024
The plastics crisis is now a global human health crisis, experts say
Alden Wicker
19 Nov 2024
How ‘waste colonialism’ underpins Asia’s plastic problem (commentary)
Coleen Salamat
18 Nov 2024
As global fire risk rises, modern homes become toxic plastic traps
Alden Wicker
14 Nov 2024
U.S. toughens stance on plastics production in run-up to key treaty summit
Charles Pekow
5 Nov 2024
Startups replace plastics with mushrooms in the seafood industry
Claire Turrell
29 Oct 2024
Bangladesh’s new government implements strong measures to eliminate single-use plastic
Abu Siddique
2 Oct 2024
In the battle against plastic pollution, Asia’s informal workers are critical allies (commentary)
Annerieke Douma
2 Oct 2024
What will the Brazilian food industry do about plastic packaging?
Ellen Nemitz
19 Sep 2024
Biden-Harris Administration must strengthen position on plastic reduction treaty (commentary)
Tim Grabiel
27 Aug 2024
Most ‘compostable’ bioplastics are anything but, says new report
Alden Wicker
31 Jul 2024
Saving Lake Victoria from plastic: Interview with Kenya’s teenage Muchilwa siblings
Juliet Akoth Ojwang
31 Jul 2024
Mongabay investigation is turned into art for World Press Freedom Day event
Karla Mendes
27 May 2024
Can the circular economy help the Caribbean win its war against waste?
Sandra Weiss
20 May 2024
Scientists explore nature’s promise in combating plastic waste
Claire Asher
8 May 2024
As plastic talks wrap up in Canada, fishers in Indonesia count the costs
Falahi Mubarok, Yogi Eka Sahputra
8 May 2024
At its fourth summit, 170 nations strive toward a global plastics treaty by 2025
Charles Pekow
7 May 2024
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