Walmart has introduced automatic surcharges on shopping bags in certain states, a move that coincides with increasing ...

California will ban thick “reusable” plastic checkout bags on Jan. 1, 2026, closing a loophole in its 2014 plastic bag law.

Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics—but how much is too much?

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

Plastic pollution harms marine life and ecosystems. Discover easy ways to cut plastic waste and join the call for a global ...

New research has found that even small amounts of plastic can be deadly to seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals. While ...

To date, every family of marine mammal and seabird and all seven species of sea turtles have been documented to ingest ...

A new study finds that a handful of nations are responsible for the vast majority of plastic waste entering the world’s ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ...

By studying more than 10,000 necropsies, researchers now know how much plastic it takes to kill seabirds, sea turtles, and ...