Ocean Cleanup set to tackle tonnes of plastic in Indonesia river
International non-profit project, Ocean Cleanup, has signed a new agreement with government departments to remove tonnes of plastic from...
Ocean plastic
Marine life ‘thriving’ in Great Pacific Garbage Patch, study says
Researchers studying the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have found dozens of different species of marine life thriving amid the...
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 collaborates with OceanR on new eco-initiative
Suzuki GB has launched a new campaign in collaboration with sustainable apparel manufacturer, OceanR, to help remove plastics from...
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...
World’s first river ‘Bubble Barrier’ stops plastic pollution
An innovative system called a Bubble Barrier, where a ‘curtain’ of air bubbles is placed along a waterway to...
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)....
Suzuki launches microplastic collecting outboards
Suzuki has started production of five mid-size outboard motors with what is said to be the world’s first microplastic...
Robotic fish to remove microplastics from oceans
Scientists have developed tiny self-propelled robotic fish to remove microplastics from marine environments. In a study published by the...
