Environment Minister Yoshiaki Harada, left, and Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan, right, hold a talk in Osaka's Suminoe Ward, on June 27, 2019.

It’s official: In March, the United Nations Environmental Assembly endorsed a global pact on the life cycle of plastic. It has been declared a seismic shift in the battle against marine pollution, but ...

Quantifying the dangers of plastic pollution in the seas and nature, a team of researchers in a new study estimates that about half of the world’s seabirds have ingested plastic additives. The ...

Every year, many millions of tons of plastic end up in the ocean. It's a serious and rapidly increasing environmental problem. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ...

Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and cleanup, a new study shows. Every year, many millions of tons of plastic ...

University of Tokyo oceanographer Michida Yutaka talks about an integrated research project he heads that is studying the scope and effects of marine microplastic. Reports of plastic waste fouling ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a lactate-based bioplastic that can biodegrade in deep-ocean environments, losing over 80% of its mass after 13 months underwater. Their research, published in ...

Researching ways in which plastic wastes are released into the oceans and the impact of marine plastic debris on the ocean environment The Southeast Asian region is thought to be a hotspot for marine ...

Floating in the swift waters that separate Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Tsushima is under siege by marine plastics. The strong currents of the Tsushima Strait sweep around the picturesque groups of ...

Scientists have shown that just a handful of plastic pieces can prove deadly for marine wildlife - evidence that the ocean’s plastic problem is far more lethal than previously understood. Image Credit ...