before it ever has a chance to reach the ocean. We're surrounded by plastic. It’s in the single-use packaging we discard, the consumer goods that fill our stores, and in our clothing, which sheds ...

they found that polyester and acrylic clothing shed thousands of plastic fibres each time it was washed- sending another source of plastic pollution down the drain and, eventually, into the ocean.

In an ambitious and groundbreaking initiative, Cypriot artist Michalis Pantelidis has combined his passions for art, fashion, ...

These items likely included fibres from clothing and other synthetic ... in the order of four to 12 million tonnes of plastic waste enter the oceans every year, mostly through rivers.

If you're looking to reduce your carbon footprint, adopt a greener lifestyle, or make one small change that has a positive ...

Each of the 11 dolphins sampled exhaled at least one suspected particle of microplastic, which researchers say “highlights ...

Adidas uses Ocean Plastic to form the upper parts of shoes and clothing like jerseys. Each item in the Parley collection is made from at least 75% intercepted marine trash. And they still meet the ...

Unfortunately, the problem doesn’t stop at synthetic clothing: as Hudson explained, plastic fibres also originate from articles such as fishing nets and plastic ropes, which, once discarded into the ...

Plastic pollution is a severe global issue, jeopardizing ecosystems, particularly marine life. Millions of tons of plastic ...

She added the “smog of microplastics” in the ocean is the result of various sectors of plastic use in society from microfibers in clothing to tire dust from cars. “There are hundreds of ...

before it ever has a chance to reach the ocean. We're surrounded by plastic. It’s in the single-use packaging we discard, the consumer goods that fill our stores, and in our clothing, which sheds ...