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Every year, around 20 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean, rivers, and lakes — disrupting ecosystems and livelihoods. NUclear TEChnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC Plastics), ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The global nonprofit organization The Ocean Cleanup deployed its innovative river cleanup technology, called the Interceptor ...

By integrating experimental evidence across freshwater and marine systems, the study emphasizes that algae–microplastic interactions are not uniformly harmful but context-dependent, offering ...

BUSAN, South Korea, Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The fifth session of the INC-5 on Plastic Pollution took place in Busan, South Korea, where Hunan Vary Tech Co., Ltd. from China showcased its plastic ...

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. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci ...

Plastic pollution has become a major global environmental concern as modern societies rely increasingly on plastic products. Much of this plastic waste eventually reaches the ocean, with rivers acting ...

This was for the first time that the “end-of-life fate” of plastic around the globe, which had ever been manufactured, had been calculated. The authors did so by collating data on production, use, and ...

While officials report that 96.22 percent of this waste is collected and 90 percent is processed, field monitoring tells a more troubling story. The report states that whilst 96 percent of plastic ...

A RECENT feature story by Euronews has revealed the shocking extent of plastic pollution on Earth. The world has known for some time that microplastics, the exceedingly small particles of plastic ...

Even the most remote regions of the globe are not free from plastic pollution. In a study published in Marine Pollution ...