Japan is second only to the United States in the amount of plastic packaging waste generated per capita and has, at the same time, been plagued by marine plastic pollution. A goal to reduce ...

Using artificial intelligence to process drone images is allowing researchers to tackle plastic pollution in the ocean in new ways. Oceanographers and computer scientists in Japan are spearheading ...

A poll in 2021 showed that there was an increasing desire within the Japanese population to see plastics pollution reduced ... but they last indefinitely in the ocean, where they can be ...

Plastic litter accumulation in the ocean, whether through purposeful ... intensifying efforts to reduce plastic usage and prevent pollution. Japan’s position in the North Pacific means that ...

All that pollution on beaches and in the ocean is harmful to both marine life and humans. So Adidas is trying to stop some of that plastic before it reaches the ocean. In 2015, Adidas partnered ...

The team’s findings were recently detailed in a scientific paper published in Marine Pollution Bulletin ... written in Japanese, stuck between its stomach and duodenum. The findings showed ...

Researching ways in which plastic wastes are released into the oceans and the impact of marine plastic debris on the ocean environment The Southeast Asian region is thought to be a hotspot for marine ...