It is a huge ecological problem, and this type of pollution is responsible for a huge amount of environmental damage and the ...

To find out how destructive negligence and indifference are, it is enough to move between Hawaii and California and see the Great Pacific Garbage Patch! From wreckages of containers to children's toys ...

As tiny pieces of plastic clog our oceans, natural meadows of seagrass are bundling up microplastics and spitting them back ...

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 ...

The landfill closed in 1978. The garbage, 100 feet deep in some places, was covered with dirt roughly 4 feet thick. A barrier ...

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 ...

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SAUSALITO, Calif. (KGO) -- Nearly every day cargo ships arrive here in the Bay Area, carrying everything from cars to consumer goods. But one ship that just docked in Sausalito is delivering cargo ...

Plastic risk maps reveal hidden ocean hotspots where wildlife faces harm from ingestion, entanglement, and chemicals.

Ocean Legacy has a task not even Sisyphean would envy: picking up, sorting and recycling the vast amount of plastic that ends up on our shores. Nick Gammon / Alamy This article is from Hakai Magazine, ...