A lost shipping container disgorged millions of bits of Lego into the ocean and nearly three decades later they are still showing up on shorelines

Some 44% of seabird species are known to eat plastic, mistaking it for prey. Some species are particularly badly affected, causing malnutrition and new diseases like plasticosis

World Ocean Day is coming up and we can mark it with gorgeous An Post stamps — and by picking up some plastic litter from our beaches and waterways

But I had no room on my kayak for a 12ft by 6ft refrigerator door which must have come from a commercial ship

After the ring was snipped off with bolt cutters, the wound was cleaned and he was deemed fit to be released

Nanoplastics pose a greater threat to human health than microplastics because they’re small enough to penetrate human cells, enter the bloodstream, and impact organs. Nanoplastics can also pass through the placenta to the bodies of unborn babies

Particles from car tyres and cigarette butts are of particular concern because of their toxicity

Here are some easy and fun ways to learn about the seas around Ireland

See an albatross chick eat the only meal he ever got from his parents... they bring back one meal and then he has to fend for himself. And you thought upper-class British people hated their kids

Birds affected by plasticosis become more vulnerable to infection and parasites and struggle to properly digest food and absorb vitamins

That was one of the findings from a Green Party-hosted webinar on the environmental costs of personal protective equipment (PPE) and sustainable healthcare, which explored evidence showing huge amounts of unnecessary global healthcare wastage, as ...