A new global tool aims to help governments tackle the leakage of plastic into the sea,taking regularly updated satellite vision to create a high-resolution map.
University of Queensland researchers will investigate exactly what effect microplastics are having on human health,with a new lab set up in partnership with the Minderoo Foundation.
Almost 230 abandoned facemasks were found by Phillip Island rangers in January,posing a threat to the island’s favourite inhabitants.
For decades disposable sanitary products have dominated the supermarket shelves,but a Perth council is offering a financial incentive for women to ditch single use period products in favour of reusable ones.
Plastic is great until you need to get rid of it. Why has it taken over the world,how big a problem is it – and what can we do about it?
There were more than 4000 microplastics per square metre on average at the most poorly rated of Sydney’s harbour beaches,data collected by citizen scientists shows. Use our interactive map to check your local waterways.
Each morning as I walk along my local beach in southern NSW,I collect the debris that the night’s high tide has left strewn along the shore. Sometimes,I find more than just the rubbish. And it’s heartbreaking.
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated millions of tonnes of plastic waste,including discarded face masks,gloves and protective medical gear.
A proposal to build Australia’s largest plastic recycling plant on the fringes of the Southern Highlands township of Moss Vale has prompted a storm of local protest.
Single-use plastic bowls,cups,plates,cutlery,stirrers,straws,expanded polystyrene food containers,thick plastic bags and helium balloon releases will all be phased out as of Saturday.
A giant patch of garbage in the Pacific Ocean is now “an immense floating plastic habitat” for marine animals clinging to it,researchers have found.