Plastic can take half a millennium to bio-degrade in the ocean (infographic)
The European Parliament passed a ban on single-use plastic products
Greek researchers use technology to address plastic pollution off Lesvos coast
Researchers from the University of the Aegean are using drones and satellites to help the environment
World’s largest collection of ocean garbage is now twice the size of Texas (VIDEO)
It includes some 1,8 trillion pieces of plastic and weighs 88.000 tons or the equivalent of 500 jumbo jets
