Europe identified as a hotspot for marine microplastics
New research highlights that three of the world’s five major hotspots for marine microplastic pollution are in European waters....
Microplastics
Coldplay to release LP made using river plastic
Coldplay will press its latest LP using recycled river plastic, intercepted by The Ocean Cleanup from Rio Las Vacas...
Ocean Cleanup plastic pollution ‘sweeper’ deployed in Bangkok
The Ocean Cleanup has deployed its first Interceptor river cleanup solution in the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok – part of a wider...
Spain declares environmental emergency as millions of plastic pellets spill from ship
Communities across Northern Spain are fearing an environmental disaster as millions of tiny pellets, which were spilled by a...
The Ocean Race to help collect rare data in remote areas of Antarctica
The Ocean Race is driving an Antarctic science mission in which vital data about the ocean’s health will be...
Microplastics found in every water sample collected during Ocean Race
Preliminary results from the initial legs of the current edition of The Ocean Race show microplastics in each one...
New study shows microfibres stunt mussel growth
A new study has demonstrated, for the first time, the effect of exposing juvenile mussels to polyester and cotton...
Microplastics in global oceans rise tenfold to 171 trillion pieces
A new scientific study has found that there are now 171 trillion pieces of plastic estimated to be floating...
Suzuki produces four million outboard motors
The accumulated global production figures for its outboard motors has reached four million, Suzuki has announced, 57 years after...
Shipping industry urged to prevent devastating plastic ‘nurdle’ spills
Campaigners are calling for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to classify the small plastic pellets known as nurdles as...
WATCH: 100,000kg of plastic removed from Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch
The Ocean Cleanup has now officially removed more than 100,000kg of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP)....
