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NCL to eliminate single-use plastic beverage bottles across fleet

Norwegian Cruise Line, the innovator in global cruise travel with a 53-year history of breaking boundaries, is now single-use plastic beverage bottle free across...

Asda’s fishing fleets equipped to tackle plastic pollution with new bags

Asda Stores Ltd, a British supermarket retailer, has announced it will be stepping up the fight against plastic pollution as the retailer launches its...

VIDEO: Plastic catcher was launched in the Port of Antwerp

Plastic catcher "Patje Plastic" will prevent plastics and other unwanted floating waste from further spreading via the waterways. "Patje" has not only been given a...

Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought

Nothing seems safe from plastic contamination. A new study by NSF-funded researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests there could be a million...

DEME deploys autonomous plastic collector on the river Scheldt

DEME Environmental Contractors (DEC), the environmental specialists of DEME, is installing a plastic collector on the river Scheldt on behalf of the Vlaamse Waterweg...

Research project examines fate of microplastics in rivers and lakes

Researchers from the University of Plymouth have begun work on a €4.1million project examining the distribution of microplastics in European rivers and lakes. Building on...

Global project launched to tackle plastic litter from ships and fisheries

The GloLitter Partnerships Project agreement was signed by IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim and His Excellency Wegger Chr. Strømmen, Norway's Ambassador to the United Kingdom...

Brittany Ferries takes steps to reduce the use of plastic waste

Ferry company Brittany Ferries is realising the benefits of its drive to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of single use plastics on board...

Global cruise company to eliminate single-use plastic bottles across fleet

Norwegian Cruise Line will be the first major global cruise company to become plastic bottle free. Over six million plastic bottles to be eliminated...

New technique can show links between prey and microplastics

A brand new method has been developed by scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the University of Exeter, in collaboration with Abertay University...

Study: Green turtles eat plastic that looks like their food

Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research suggests. The turtles strongly favour narrow lengths...

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