A new study by packaging trade association INCPEN backs behaviour change campaigns instead of bag and bottle charges to reduce littering levels.

San Francisco-based artist Von Wong decided to do something about plastic pollution by making it ‘extravagant, unique and different’ through the addition of a mermaid. He shared some of his images and the stories behind them with us.

Police in the Chinese province of Jiangsu have arrested three men after an illegal operation recycling medical waste into children’s toys and tableware was uncovered.

Marine preservation organisations and personal care product producers are being asked to give their views on a proposed microbead ban, which a consultation has revealed would be limited to ‘rinse-off’ products.

Mistra Future Fashion, a Swedish fashion research programme, has launched an investigation into polyester fabrics shedding microplastics that pose a threat to the marine environment.

A Cardiff-based company, Thermal Compaction Group, is pioneering a new clinical waste recycling process at one of Wales’ oldest hospitals.

Tesco and Sainsbury’s, two of the UK’s largest supermarkets, have pledged to ban plastic cotton buds and will replace plastic stems with paper in their own brand products by the end of 2017.

A Welsh hospital group is trialling an innovative recycling process of sterilisation wrap, diverting tonnes of medical waste from incineration every month.

With at least 150 million tonnes of the plastic already polluting our seas, it’s clear something must be done. They may only be a drop in the ocean, but here are some companies creating products from ocean waste.

Sometimes there are bioplastics where you least expect them. Here are a few examples of plant-based materials bringing sustainability to the mass market.