Stella McCartney has entered a long-term partnership with marine protection network Parley for the Oceans to use material made from recovered ocean plastic in her fashion lines.

The UN Oceans Conference has seen hundreds of commitments made and a ‘call to action’ released as UN member states pledge to work to protect the oceans, while ISWA has set up a Marine Litter Task Force.

With awards and acclaim arriving left and centre, what is it that South Ayrshire Council's Beach Restoration Project is getting so right?

Paris is to begin delivery of its separate food waste service in partnership with Novamont, it was announced last week.

Hubbub is targeting ‘tidy littering’ in a new ‘For Fish’s Sake’ campaign attempting to change littering habits in London and stop waste from entering the Thames

Corona is looking at replacing all plastic items in its supply chain, teaming up with marine pollution network Parley for the Oceans to fight ocean plastic pollution with a plan to protect 100 islands across the globe by 2020.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and The Prince of Wales’ International Sustainability Unit have launched a $2 million Innovation Prize to prevent plastic waste from entering the oceans.

New York’s Department of Sanitation has announced its decision to reinstate a ban on the use of expanded polystyrene by food establishments, two years after the original ban was overturned.

The Labour Party has included a number of environmental proposals in its general election manifesto, including measures to reduce plastic waste and safeguard environmental regulations post-Brexit.

The introduction of a bottle deposit scheme to fight plastic waste and a new Environmental Protection Act are among the key priorities of the Green Party in the upcoming election.