The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit organization, aims to rid the world's oceans of plastic. It recently debuted a device it said collected 20,000 pounds from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. But some ...

BOCA RATON, FLA. (WSVN) - Boaters off the South Florida coast were caught on video dumping two garbage cans worth of trash into the ocean, sparking outrage across social media. The videos posted to ...

A new system will be able to clear a football field every five seconds. Ocean cleanup crews have fished out the most trash ever taken from one of the largest garbage patches in the world. The Ocean ...

For more than 20 years, Mussel Rock, a steep stretch of oceanfront land in northern San Mateo County with breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and the Farallon Islands, was a garbage dump. Two ...

The California coast, considered by so many to be a treasure, is now struggling with the threat of pollution. In Los Angeles County, an innovative device is collecting trash to stop waste from ...

It’s estimated there are at least 50 trillion pieces of plastic and microplastics in the ocean, and a new initiative is underway to help tackle the problem in Maine. The Maine Sea Grant College ...

Two Florida teens seen in a viral video dumping trash into the Atlantic Ocean from a boat turned themselves into authorities on Friday and face a felony pollution charge, according to officials and ...

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