The photos “give science a visual voice,” she says, conveying plastic’s impact on the natural environment in a way that scientific research papers can’t. Barker feels in her gut the ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste ... This means more plastic in our oceans, more greenhouse gas emissions and more toxic air pollution, which exacerbates the climate ...

We don’t want plastic in the ocean. Most plastic degrades slowly and we have all seen pictures and videos of marine life ...

Bangladesh became the first nation on Earth to ban single-use plastic bags. Since then, plastic pollution has gotten worse. To find a biodegradable replacement, the government turned to jute ...

Period. Bar none,” Savoca says, referring to straws, water bottles, and plastic bags. Some 700 species of marine animals have been reported—so far—to have eaten or become entangled in plastic.