Charles Moore and his team at the Algalita Marine Research Foundation have spent ten years studying plastic waste and testing water from the ocean.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Even more die from a lack of food or water after swallowing pieces of plastic.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The astronauts made the connector from a plastic bag, cardboard and tape.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

And it looks at new developments such as plastic made from plants.

VOA: special.2009.03.25