Hawai'i turned fishing nets and household plastic into roads, and microplastic dust didn't spike

Part of Hawaiʻi's growing plastic waste stream, from discarded fishing gear to household plastics, could eventually be put to ...

Discarded plastic bottles help save dolphins from fishing nets

Newcastle University researchers have demonstrated that plastic bottles attached to fishing nets can help dolphins detect and ...
Science Daily

Hawaii is turning ocean plastic and fishing nets into roads

Hawaii researchers are giving old fishing nets and recycled plastic a second life by mixing them into asphalt roads. Early ...
The Conversation

We have international laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels now. Why are we not enforcing them?

Ocean plastic pollution was a focus at the recent UN oceans conference, which issued a declaration in support of an earlier decision by the UN Environment Assembly to start negotiations for a global ...
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Plastic pollution on coral reefs increases with depth and mostly comes from fishing activities, Nature study finds

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (July 12, 2023) — In a paper published today in Nature, researchers from the California Academy of Sciences, University of São Paulo, University of Oxford, University of Exeter, and ...