Plastics Deep Dive
Ocean Conservancy’s work to end ocean plastics ensures that the ocean and those who rely on it can thrive for generations to come. Explore the resources below to learn more.
Understanding Plastic Pollution
Modeling Wildlife Mortality Risk From Ingested Plastics
This research, published in November 2025 in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), represents the most comprehensive mortality risk assessment conducted for macroplastic ingestion to date, building extensively on previous work both in terms of the sample size of individuals considered, and the complexity of the modeling approach. Most important for policy, this work emphasizes the risk macroplastic pollution poses to animal health, and that risk varies by animal and plastic type.
Microplastics in the Human Food System
Humans consume microplastics through the food and beverages we eat and drink. The objective of this research was to measure microplastics in understudied and unstudied United States food products to further inform microplastic exposure estimates from the human diet and identify potential drivers of microplastic contamination in foods.
Threat Rank Report
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The Sum of Our Parts Report
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Plastics Policy
Plastics Policy Playbook Report
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International Plastics Agreement
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Exploring Solutions to Ocean Plastics
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Fibers to Filters: A Toolkit for Microfiber Solutions
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Financing Waste Management and Recycling Infrastructure to Prevent Ocean Plastic Pollution
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Pandemic Pollution: The Rising Tide of Plastic PPE
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Stemming the Tide Statement of Accountability
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Tackling Plastic Pollution Through Producer Accountability
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The Next Wave Report
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Cleanups & ICC
What The Foam?!
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Charting a Course to Plastic Free Beaches
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2017 ICC Report
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2016 Data Release
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