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Our goal is to make ocean-bound plastic a commodity for the future, and we want to take initiatives to prevent plastic from ending up in the ocean in the first place...Click on the link to read the full article. 

A study of human excreta around the world confirms that plastic has entered the human food chain. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Though we share this big, blue planet with thousands of species, human beings don’t always show the respect we should to the animal kingdom. Nowhere is that more apparent than in our waste-filled, polluted oceans and seas. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Now that the trials are complete, we can only look forward to the coming months, when we’ll receive news on how the system is performing. Click on the link to read the full article.

...earlier this month, The Ocean Cleanup — a group of engineers, researchers and ocean lovers — kicked off an ambitious and potentially risky plan to directly scoop abandoned plastic out of the ocean. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

...the much-anticipated Ocean Cleanup initiative that was created by a Dutch teenager has successfully set sail and is now undergoing its final round of tests before it begins tidying up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Click on the link below to read the full article.

The government is likely to introduce a ban on single-use plastic bags in the Cook Islands. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

This is the first time the systems are really being put to the test — if they work, they could be part of a solution to a massive problem. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A team from The Ocean Cleanup will remove the trash collected every 6 weeks and transport it back to The Netherlands for recycling. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Number crunching has shown the positive impact of the plastic bag levy on consumer behavior in Fiji.  Click on the link below to read the full article.