Whale Shark
Plastic in the Gulf of California, another threat to the whale shark

The whale shark (Rhincodon typus), an endangered species, could be consuming plastics and swimming among insecticides in one of the few places where they come to feed each year: Bahía de La Paz, in Baja California Sur.

Amazon packaging
Amazon ‘would have no problem’ switching to plastic-free packaging, says former Amazon executive Rachel Johnson Greer

“Amazon has the technical ability with its fulfillment centers to offer plastic-free alternatives to its customers, reduce plastic, and help protect the oceans and the environment,” Greer said in connection with Oceana’s campaign to persuade Amazon to offer plastic-free packaging. “It is really a question of will.”

plastic bottle floating in ocean
Curing the plastic pollution pandemic