Apr 15, 2025 · This webpage hosts tips for reducing, reusing, and recycling plastic waste in your life.

Jun 7, 2019 · Every year, about eight million tons of plastic waste escapes into the oceans from coastal nations. That’s the equivalent of setting five garbage bags full of trash on every foot of coastline...

Improving the management of plastic waste across the world – especially in poorer countries, where most of the ocean plastics come from – is therefore critical to tackling this problem. On this page, you …

Dec 3, 2025 · A major new report published today by The Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners, “Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025: An Assessment of the Global System and Strategies for …

Nov 18, 2025 · Studies have found that plastic products and their waste can be toxic to humans. They enter and potentially harm the body through food, water, and skin contact. Some chemicals used in …

Jun 30, 2025 · Plastic waste is a problem because its sheer volume and durability overwhelm natural decomposition processes, leading to pervasive pollution of our land, oceans, and atmosphere, with …

Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes. Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes of plastic …

Dec 1, 2025 · "Recycling doesn’t sustainably prevent plastic waste from ending up in the environment," argues Judith Enck.

Dec 2, 2022 · Plastic pollution is a global problem that affects our natural world and its biodiversity. It impacts our environment, health, food security, and economies. An estimated 11 million metric tons …

Mar 22, 2021 · Plastic is a life-changing resource, but the same qualities that make it useful—alongside poor waste management—have created a global waste challenge. Here’s what you need to know.