Earth Month 2019: Plastic Pollution

Plastic Pollution Coalition is a growing global alliance of individuals, organizations, businesses, and policymakers working toward a world free of plastic.

Use this calculator to learn about how many plastic items you consume and discard every year!

This website explores the many issues surrounding plastic use and waste.

Plastic debris is now ubiquitous in the marine environment. We found that, of the seven species (marine turtles), all are known to ingest or become entangled in marine debris.

Scientists across the globe are increasingly finding wildlife that has been killed after ingesting or becoming entangled in plastic. Ninety percent of sea birds, for example, have been found to have plastic in their bellies.

Documentary encompasses three years of filming in 12 countries on five continents as it details plastic's path over the last 100...

99% of the plastic that should be floating in the oceans is missing. Even accounting for the plastic that washes up on beaches or is trapped in arctic ice, millions of tonnes has simply disappeared.

We live in the Age of Plastic. It's cheap, it's practical, and it's everywhere - from the highest mountains to the hottest deserts, from the North Pole to the South Pole. It's even part of us - inside our blood. Should we be worried?

Can we solve the problem of ocean plastic pollution and end extreme poverty at the same time? That's the ambitious goal of The Plastic Bank: a worldwide chain of stores where everything from school tuition to cooking fuel and more is available for purchase in exchange for plastic garbag