China has launched a three-year campaign to combat ocean litter across its coastal regions, elevating the issue to a high priority within its marine protection strategy. Announced by the Ministry of ...

These were processed as explained in the open access paper in Nature Communications by [Andrés Cózar] and colleagues. As marine litter (ML) tends to be overwhelmingly composed of plastic, this eases ...

Researchers tagged plastic bottles to track how litter travels from land to sea. Plastics make up most marine debris. An estimated 2 million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean every year, and river ...

Each year, Fiesta leaves behind a significant amount of plastic confetti, single-use plastic cups, and other trash that litters the streets and falls into storm drains. To supplement the city of Santa ...

Agreeing on a common methodology for obtaining and comparing data, including marine litter in all environmental protection agreements and guidelines, and securing greater involvement from politicians ...

OCEAN CITY - Today's grocery bag is tomorrow's ocean trash. That's the message a local environmental group is promoting as it urges Ocean City to ban the ubiquitous plastic bags offered up at ...