PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN LEHMANN On Okinawa, Japan, a hermit crab resorts to a plastic bottle cap to protect its soft abdomen. Beachgoers collect the shells the crabs normally use, and they leave trash ...

Plastic has become a vital part of our lives of convenience. Yet the coffee cup lids, water bottles and bags we use once and throw away do end up somewhere -- in landfills, but also in the ocean.

In 2006, a group of young adventure created a completely recyclable boat that would be capable of crossing the ocean Plastiki ...

The Ocean Conservancy has run beach cleanups for 30 years. Of the top 10 types of trash they find, the only nonplastic item is glass bottles. Worldwide, 73 percent of beach litter is plastic ...

Experts predict that in 30 years, there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish ... Adidas uses plastic bottles that contain polyethylene terephthalate, or PET. And if it's something Adidas ...

Beachcomber group has logged plastic bottles originating from 69 countries.

oceans, shorelines and the seafloor. They found eight out of 10 items listed were made of plastic. And 44% of this plastic litter related to take-out food and drinks. Single-use bottles ...

Wall mounted bottles of shampoo ... Eight million metric tons of plastic ends up in our oceans every year and if we don’t make major changes, there could be more plastic than fish in our ...

The project seeks to replace plastic water bottles and get plastic trash out of the ocean. A local water company CEO wanted to hear what they had to say.

"At Rothy's, we've diverted over 200 plastic million bottles from landfills and oceans—transformed into our stylish, sustainable shoes and accessories. By integrating FloWater Refill Stations ...

A reusable water bottle can also save you money and help the environment by cutting down on single-use plastics in the long run: around 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean annually ...