Plastic Pollution

Government figures suggest that 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion items of single-use cutlery are used in England each year.

Cigarette manufacturers will also be required to remind and educate consumers not to throw away butts in public areas.

A video of a scuba diver rescuing a fish trapped inside a plastic packet underwater has surfaced on social media and is going viral.

i-Ghat includes integrating reinforced-cement concrete (RCC) based floats with solar cells and electric-powered boats using Steel Integrated Floating Jelly (SIFJ) technology to avoid the impact of using plastic floats and also to reduce the noise and air pollution caused by diesel boats.

A video in which an elephant is seen eating what appears to be a plastic bag perfectly encapsulated the extent of plastic pollution on our planet.

As Earth's largest animals, blue whales are mighty big eaters, gulping tons of food each day. They also now are ingesting huge amounts of plastic, according to scientists, due to the alarming volume of tiny particles of pollution choking the oceans.

A University of Surrey student created a 3D robot fish that consumes microplastic from rivers.

Microplastics have been found for the first time in human breast milk, a team of Italian scientists warned - raising concerns among experts about the health consequences for infants.

The garbage was removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area between Hawaii and California, where litter and debris accumulate.

Despite several warnings, awareness campaigns, advisory posts and regulations, people in Mumbai can't seem to stop throwing garbage in the sea. And now a shocking video proving the same has surfaced online.

Robot fish that "eat" microplastics may one day help to clean up the world's polluted oceans, says a team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University in southwest China.

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has set up a control room to monitor the implementation of the ban on 19 identified single-use plastic items and will start shutting units violating it from Monday, officials said.

The Central Pollution Control Board has undertaken comprehensive measures to give effect to India's commitment to ban identified single use plastic items by 30th June 2022.

The United States will phase out single-use plastics in national parks and other public lands over the next decade, President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday as part of actions on World Oceans Day.

The number of fires breaking out in plastic recycling plants has soared in Turkey.

Government figures suggest that 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion items of single-use cutlery are used in England each year.

Cigarette manufacturers will also be required to remind and educate consumers not to throw away butts in public areas.

A video of a scuba diver rescuing a fish trapped inside a plastic packet underwater has surfaced on social media and is going viral.

i-Ghat includes integrating reinforced-cement concrete (RCC) based floats with solar cells and electric-powered boats using Steel Integrated Floating Jelly (SIFJ) technology to avoid the impact of using plastic floats and also to reduce the noise and air pollution caused by diesel boats.

A video in which an elephant is seen eating what appears to be a plastic bag perfectly encapsulated the extent of plastic pollution on our planet.

As Earth's largest animals, blue whales are mighty big eaters, gulping tons of food each day. They also now are ingesting huge amounts of plastic, according to scientists, due to the alarming volume of tiny particles of pollution choking the oceans.

A University of Surrey student created a 3D robot fish that consumes microplastic from rivers.

Microplastics have been found for the first time in human breast milk, a team of Italian scientists warned - raising concerns among experts about the health consequences for infants.

The garbage was removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area between Hawaii and California, where litter and debris accumulate.

Despite several warnings, awareness campaigns, advisory posts and regulations, people in Mumbai can't seem to stop throwing garbage in the sea. And now a shocking video proving the same has surfaced online.

Robot fish that "eat" microplastics may one day help to clean up the world's polluted oceans, says a team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University in southwest China.

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has set up a control room to monitor the implementation of the ban on 19 identified single-use plastic items and will start shutting units violating it from Monday, officials said.

The Central Pollution Control Board has undertaken comprehensive measures to give effect to India's commitment to ban identified single use plastic items by 30th June 2022.

The United States will phase out single-use plastics in national parks and other public lands over the next decade, President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday as part of actions on World Oceans Day.

The number of fires breaking out in plastic recycling plants has soared in Turkey.