The company that has been selling $20 plastic bracelets made of ocean plastic are expanding their operations into Guatemala and Central America.
Plastic bags and straws will be eliminated from major cities across the country by the end of the year—and smaller towns will soon follow suit.
Young Dutch scientist Boyan Slat is responsible for cleaning up the worlds oceans-and he is now cleaning up rivers with his new invention: The Interceptor
The "Agave Project" straws are being hailed as a first-of-its-kind model for recycling distillation waste into utensils that are similar to plastic.
Huge companies like IKEA, Walmart, and MATTEL are working to reduce plastics in their products and packaging.
Contrary to what some pessimistic news outlets might have you believe, this year's environmental progress was not all doom and gloom.
The Sea Farm Ijmond in the Netherlands grows seaweed to cut CO2 from the atmosphere while filtering water pollution from their favorite beach.
Using an average of 250 bottles per vehicle, the company has been turning the plastic waste into undershields, carpets, and wheel liners.
The Asian country is set to ban microbeads, cap seals, and oxo-degradable plastic by the end of this year alone.
Rather than eating your soup out of a plastic bowl destined for the landfill, you can now swap it out for an edible, wheat-based bowl.
Not only does his organization help to keep Cameroon clean of plastic waste, it also helps to promote ecotourism and support low-income fishermen.
Heineken's new packaging is expected to save 517 tons of plastic waste annually—with a compostable alternative from sustainably-sourced cardboard.
More than 250 teenagers participated in the program by launching their own unique initiative to combat plastic waste in the oceans. Here are the winners.
After several other plastic eating enzymes have been discovered, a super enzyme further increases the speed at which it eats plastic.
Microbes from the ocean eat methane and create a biodegradable material which Newlight is using to make carbon-negative forks and straws.
These cleaning supplies dispensers from Chilean startup Algramo, allows low-income earners to fill up in bulk, paying less and reducing waste.
Not only is the process used by Caltrans more eco-friendly that traditional methods, the material lasts 3 times longer than normal asphalt.
Single-use plastic bag sales in England have fallen dramatically since a 5 pence charge on each bag was instituted in October of 2015.
Two South African women and their Sunshine Cleaning volunteer group are cleaning up river banks in Blue Downs near Cape Town, to keep plastic out of oceans.
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