Pinovo argue this is equivalent to more than 100,000 empty plastic bottles being dumped into the ocean from each oil rig every year. The study also found paint leakage rates vary significantly in ...

Taking all three of these major sources of ocean pollution into consideration, 24/7 Wall St. compiled a list of the 20 companies behind among the largest amount of oceanic pollution, including ...

A new study has found out which countries are the largest contributors of plastic waste entering oceans. WSJ's Robert Lee Hotz reports. Photo: Scripps Institution of Oceanography/AP SAN JOSE ...

Taking all three of these major sources of ocean pollution into consideration, 24/7 Wall St. compiled a list of the 20 companies behind among the largest amount of oceanic pollution, including ...

According to the report, 14 million tons of plastic enter the world’s oceans annually, and by 2050, in terms of weight, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean. On the seafloor, the report ...

Fighting ocean plastics at the source ... Muncar is the second-largest fishing port in Indonesia, but it has barely a semblance of a waste management infrastructure.

Ocean plastic has, in a pretty short time, become a surprisingly potent international environmental movement. For one, there’s more awareness now about the astounding quantity of plastic ...

MANILA, Philippines — An administration lawmaker yesterday revealed that the Philippines has become the world’s third largest source of plastic leaking into the ocean and has among the highest ...

Plastic waste permeates the world's oceans. It shows up on beaches, in fish and even in Arctic sea ice. A new report makes clear the U.S. is a big part of the problem.

It's time to get at the root of this ocean crisis.The Center has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to begin regulating plastics as a pollutant and is working to stop plastic pollution at ...

How Single Use Plastics Are Hurting Our Oceans and Warming Our Planet. November 1, 2023. Plastic is everywhere. It is in the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe.