Barry Rosenthal started collecting plastic garbage on a New York shoreline. His photographs reveal the variety of water-borne trash. Rosenthal chose oddly shaped plastic objects for this composition.

The miracle material has made modern life possible. But more than 40 percent of it is used just once, and it’s choking our waterways. Just after dawn in Kalyan, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India ...

Plastic trash is a problem. In the USA, each person produces an average of 100kg of plastic waste per year. Single-use plastics like drink bottles, carrier bags, plastic straws, and disposable ...