Strengthening Ocean Conservation Globally by Connecting People, Telling Stories, Sharing Science
By Tanya Cox, Senior Technical Specialist, Marine Plastics, Fauna & Flora In January 2023, plastic pellets – or ‘nurdles’ – hit the headlines as the French government pledged legal action …
[Read more]
Contributed By Zoie Diana DURHAM, N.C. – Earth is awash in plastic. It litters our landscapes and waterways, overflows landfills, and increasingly threatens human and environmental health worldwide. And because …
[Read more]
By The University of Oxford As nations meet in Uruguay to negotiate a new Global Plastics Treaty, marine and forensic scientists publish new results this week that reveal the discovery …
[Read more]
Contributed by Trashblitz PLASTIC ITEMS MAKE UP 81 PERCENT OF WASTE FOUND ACROSS U.S. NATIONAL PARKSResults from Community Research Project Underscore Urgent Need to Address Single-Use Plastic in National Parks SANTA …
[Read more]
BUSAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA – A delegation of ocean plastic pollution experts from NGO Ocean Conservancy will be leading or presenting at more than 15 events at the upcoming 7th …
[Read more]
All Photo Credit Ed Marshall – Plastic nurdles, Norfolk, January 2019. A new report by international wildlife conservation charity, Fauna & Flora International (FFI), highlights the disastrous impact of plastic pellet …
[Read more]
New plastic neutrality project presents Maldivian fishers as a remarkable solution to ocean pollution. The net retrieval and turtle release project which saw the International Pole and Line Foundation partner with the Olive …
[Read more]
Rice University lab turns hard-to-process trash into carbon-capture master HOUSTON – Here’s another thing to do with that mountain of used plastic: make it soak up excess carbon dioxide. What …
[Read more]
A survey of plastic pollution on Australia’s Cocos (Keeling) Islands has revealed the territory’s beaches are littered with an estimated 414 million pieces of plastic debris. The study led by …
[Read more]
By Prachi Patel Researchers create plastics that are stiff or rubbery, and performed as well, or better, than commonly available plastics. Starting with sugars, researchers have made sustainable plastics that perform …
[Read more]