Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

Yet the desolate Pacific island is one of the densest hubs of plastic pollution ... ocean current that sweeps up debris carried from South America and deposited by fishing boats. Original image ...

A new study in Peru and Ecuador has found that artisanal fishers are losing revenue due to prolific plastic pollution in the ocean ... reads “Is this yours?” Image courtesy of Martin Katz ...