Every year, more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean - bags, cups, straws, and many other items from the daily ...

This is not the first case linking plastics with the deepest parts of the ocean. Explorer makes alarming find while ...

the plastic will eventually break down into water and carbon dioxide. Plastics that break down in the ocean have been developed in the past, but they have not been durable enough to be used in ...

Plastics don’t ever biodegrade; instead’ they break down into microplastics ... by 2050 there will be more plastic in the oceans than fish, according to the World Economic Forum.

Once the plastic is in the ocean, it decomposes very slowly, breaking into tiny pieces known as microplastics ... adds greatly to the plastic surge in our seas. Products that go down the drain Many of ...

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine analyzed artery-clogging plaques from over 250 patients and found ...

Some plastic products, like cotton buds, are often flushed down the toilet and find their way to the sea. However, these products don’t break down in water and should not be flushed down the toilet.

Drains eventually lead to the oceans. Another way is through our toilets! Sometimes things with plastic in them, like wet wipes and dental floss, get flushed down our toilets and because they're ...

Much of the plastic that does not end up in landfill or go through other waste management pathways (such as recycling or incineration) is thought to end up in the ocean. Between 4.8 and 12.7 million ...

Nature is stretching to breaking point. If we don't stop, the ocean could be drastically changed within our lifetimes. Rivers of pollution flow into the ocean every day, with little sign of slowing ...

Canadian researchers are now engineering bacteria to help tackle the growing environmental impact of microplastics.