Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... of a good intention—the intention to end ocean plastic pollution. In that way it’s less like the Paris ...

Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. In a world that can seem overwhelmed by potentially eternal plastic waste, are biodegradables the ultimate solution?

There often are tiny bits of plastic in the fish and shellfish ... Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. In a laboratory at Columbia University’s ...

Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a boat off Costa Rica, a biologist uses pliers from a Swiss army knife to try to extract a plastic straw from a ...

Ahead of the UNEP-hosted World Environment Day, here’s a closer look at what plastic pollution is, why it’s such a problem ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to ... Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. If you licked one of these “treats ...

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