More than half of all countries have now expressed their support for a new legally binding global treaty to combat plastic pollution
As major international brands pledge to support a global convention on plastic pollution, EIA Senior Ocean Campaigner Christina Dixon discusses the case for action now
Despite the world slowly waking up to the plastic pollution crisis in our oceans and food chains, if we keep on as we are then we’re on course to actually quadruple plastic production by 2050
Plastic pollution has now been found in Antarctic sea ice, which has far-reaching consequences for the health of the planet and underlines the need for a global treaty the tackle it
With the legal responsibility to protect the natural environment of England, The Environment Agency could be doing a lot more to tackle the second largest source of marine microplastic pollution – plastic pellets. Pellets are the raw material of the entire plastics industry and are melted and moulded into every plastic product in existence. These […]
Of all the sea-based sources of marine plastic pollution, the most common, and also the most harmful, is lost and discarded fishing gear, also referred to as ‘ghost gear’