Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world’s oceans.

BERLIN (AP) — Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant action is taken now to stop such waste from reaching the world’s oceans,… ...

Yet the tale shows just one side of China's huge plastic footprint. A study published this week in the journal Science said China was responsible for nearly 30 per cent of the plastic pollution ...

KidsPost Plastic pollution in oceans to rise for decades even with immediate action. Already at significant levels, plastic pollution will continue to grow, research review says.

EIA ocean campaigner Tom Gammage said that if the "tidal wave of pollution continues unchecked", plastic discharges into the oceans alone will triple by 2040, in line with growing plastics production.

That’s right: China alone dumped nearly 5 billion pounds of plastic waste into the ocean in 2010. But what’s even worse is just how much the study projects these numbers will grow in the ...

According to the report, 14 million tons of plastic enter the world’s oceans annually, and by 2050, in terms of weight, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean. On the seafloor, the report ...

Correction — An earlier version of the headline misstated how much plastic pollution is dumped into the ocean. It is 2,000 truckloads each day. This story has been updated.

In December, nearly 200 countries including the US, China, and India signed a United Nations resolution to eliminate ocean plastic pollution.

Plastic waste permeates the world's oceans. It shows up on beaches, in fish and even in Arctic sea ice. A new report makes clear the U.S. is a big part of the problem.

Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels. Scientists say almost every species in the ocean has been affected, and it’s harming important ecosystems. Skip to content.