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Japan

French swimmer begins Pacific Ocean crossing to fight ‘plastic smog’

Benoit Lecomte aims to swim from Japan to California while researching the effects of plastic pollution clogging the Pacific.

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Cyclists in Philippines highlight the plight of plastic

200 bikers cycled to a bird sanctuary to collect rubbish on the beach ahead of World Environment Day on June 5

Thailand

Whale dies in Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags

An autopsy found eight kilograms of plastic waste in the animal's stomach.

World News

Greenpeace: Single-use plastic has to stop

Greenpeace tells Euronews single-use plastic is to blame for ocean pollution. "We're going to reach a point soon when there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish."

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Greece

Greece's first plastic straw free island

The island of Sikinos is looking to be the first Greek island to eliminate the use of plastic straws this summer

Europe News

'The plastic is a disaster' - rescuing Belgium's rivers

As the EU sets its sights on banning single-use plastics, volunteers battle to keep rivers clean of waste

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Plastic is not fantastic

Earth News

Visit the "Space of Waste"

London Zoo unveils plastic pollution art installation

New Zealand

Fighting the spread of microplastics

Sailors competing in the Volvo round-the-world yacht race have been collecting water samples as part of a program to measure the spread of microplastics.

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Plastic pollution 10,000 metres under the sea

Scientists have compiled evidence of plastic debris on the sea bed in the deepest and most remote parts of the world’s oceans.

World News

What plastic objects cause the most waste in the sea?

The problem of plastic pollution in the seas is well known, but what everday items you use are most often found in the world's oceans?

United Kingdom

UK urges Commonwealth to tackle marine pollution

Britain is pressing its Commonwealth allies to take action against marine waste, mainly plastic, and is ready to commit over 70 million euros to limit how much plastic waste ends up in the ocean

United Kingdom

Scientists develop plastic-eating enzyme

It is hoped the breakthrough could help solve the global pollution crisis

Netherlands

Dutch supermarket launches ‘world’s first’ plastic-free aisle

The "world's first" plastic-free supermarket opened in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on Wednesday.

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Manta Ray filmed swimming throug rubbish off Bali

Piece of plastic are now routinely found in the stomachs of dead fish, turtles, and marine mammals, the environmental charity Greenpeace says.

United Kingdom

The Queen is taking Buckingham Palace plastic free

Her Majesty is thought to have been inspired to implement changes on her estates after a meeting with famous naturalist Sir David Attenborough.

World News

Microplastics pollute the remote parts of the ocean, scientists warn

After finding unexpected levels of microplastics in remote parts of the ocean, scientist Dr Sören Gutekunst rings alarm bells over the threat posed to sea life.