Scientists use satellite data to find ocean zones where trash naturally gathers for easier, faster, and cleaner clean-up.

Quick Key Facts Eight million tons of plastic reaches our oceans annually. The top plastic marine debris items are cigarette ...

The Ocean Cleanup started removing plastic from the ocean a decade ago. But most of that plastic comes from rivers, so it started building solar-powered river cleaners to catch garbage before it ...

This might just be the intervention we desperately need. Company launches fleet of drones to take on an urgent problem ...

The SodaStream CEO said his device differs from the now-famous plastic-cleaning contraption made by The Ocean Cleanup. Founder Boyan Slat wants to clean plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

“I don’t think anyone trying to pull plastic out of the ocean is also trying to kill neuston,” Helm tells The Scientist. But she describes what she sees as a reticence by certain cleanup initiatives ...

Tonnes of plastic waste are discarded into the oceans each year. What are we doing to help tackle the issue and how can we help? The good news is that the fight to clean up ocean pollution is ...

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The Ocean Cleanup has taken another important step in its mission to rid the world's oceans of plastic with the announcement of a partnership project ...

Together, they offer an innovative sustainability program that funds ocean-bound plastic cleanup efforts from funds saved on packaging costs and supply chain efficiencies. “Our customers care ...

Tonnes of plastic waste are discarded into the oceans each year. What are we doing to help tackle the issue and how can we help? The good news is that the fight to clean up ocean pollution is ...