Pollution

Jenna Jambeck: ‘people power’ can help fight ocean plastic

Professor Jambeck believes both individuals and governments have an important role to play in keeping plastic out of the ocean

Shipping

Should China protect its coastal communities with an international emission control programme?

New research raises concerns about toxic salt water from the world’s growing fleet of desalination plants

Two months on, a small coastal village in Fujian province is struggling to recover

Highlights

Abandoned gear is a huge threat to the environment but there are lots of ways to fix the problem

Using salvaged plastic waste in roads may be doing more harm than good

Culture

A series of underwater sculptures will be transformed into a permanent habitat for coral polyps and fish

Plastics

New research has found the risks posed by roughly 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating around in the oceans goes far beyond killing seabirds

Plastics

Better waste systems and greater brand responsibility key to tackling ocean plastics, says Marcus Eriksen

Plastics

Chinese scientists aim to provide policymakers with baseline data for effective plastic waste management

Plastics

If we valued plastic differently, we would recover its embedded energy and greatly reduce pollution.

Plastics

Episode 5 looks at how China is turning to waste-to-energy