China may be the world’s largest manufacturer of plastic, the report finds, but the United States is by far the world’s largest generator of plastic waste—it produced about 42 million metric ...

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.

The first worldwide estimate of where the ocean’s massive amounts of plastic garbage comes from points at China and developing economies in Asia. The study, published online Thursday in the ...

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 ...

Ocean plastic pollution can carry disease, harm wildlife, ... However, India produced nearly 0.2 pounds (0.09 kilograms) and China produced about 0.11 pounds 0.05 kilograms).

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.

Marine scientists have long known that plastic pollution in the ocean is a huge problem. ... China alone dumped nearly 5 billion pounds of plastic waste into the ocean in 2010.

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.

To help tackle ocean plastic pollution, the U.S. Senate passed the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act earlier this year. “The Save Our Seas 2.0 is a key stepping stone in the right direction toward ...

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.