The Ocean Cleanup will make waves on Thursday as it deploys its first trash Interceptor Original in the United States in hopes of further shrinking the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by catching trash ...

A nonprofit group has removed over 17 million pounds of plastic trash from the Pacific Ocean — and they’re not done yet. The Ocean Cleanup is an organization that was founded in 2013 in the ...

This sanitation company disposes of its waste by dumping it into the Amazon river. And unfortunately, they're not the only ...

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To the editor: To combat plastic pollution in our oceans, we need to cut back on plastic production, not try to capture the endless stream of it. A recent article in The Times on an effort to ...

Boaters were caught on camera over the weekend dumping trash into the ocean off the coast of Boca Raton, Florida, prompting an investigation by Florida state law enforcement. Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

First system to be tested at sea, hopes to help "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, unveiled its North ...

BOCA RATON, FLA. (WSVN) - One day after a video went viral showing a group of teens dumping trash just off the Boca Inlet, the public has responded with outrage. “It’s shocking, disheartening, a lot ...

The smoke from a fire in April at the Miami-Dade Solid Waste recycling center, seen from a nearby neighborhood in Doral. City of Doral From the streets of Miami to the coves of Biscayne Bay to the ...

San Francisco, Calif. - It was the calm before the storm at San Francisco's Ocean Beach on Friday. With an atmospheric river forecast for the weekend, Friday's clear weather was a good reason to let ...