By Anna Beech, Civic Exchange

 'CleanBiz Asia' has highlighted, once again, the serious problem of plastic waste in our oceans. The article discussions the effects and impacts that plastic waste makes on our society and environment on the whole. It brings the …

By Packaging Europe

For the first time at large international environmental event, plastic was the focus of discussion for a day-long event called Plasticity Rio  as part of the Rio+20 Earth Summit.  The event, organized by Ocean Recovery Alliance,…

By Conrad MacKerron

The problem of proliferating plastic waste on land and in the ocean was one of the many focuses of last month’s Rio+20 conference. One side event, Plasticity, focused on how companies and their stakeholders can find solutions by s…

By Richard Branson

If we don’t do something now, whales, dolphins, sharks and coral reefs will become the stuff of history lessons for our children’s children. The oceans are our planet’s new frontier, a huge area only partly explored and little re…