At the age of 16, Boyan Slat expected to see colourful fish while scuba diving off the coast of Greece. Instead, he found ...

Global problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it ...

Global nonprofit organization, The Ocean Cleanup, reinforces its commitment to mitigating ocean-bound plastic waste from the Manila Bay region, with the deployment of its first Interceptor barrier in ...

June 25 (UPI) --As global concern over plastic pollution intensifies, a growing share of the problem is tied not to where waste is discarded, but where it begins -- with the United States emerging as ...

Plastic is everywhere. Some uses are beneficial and unavoidable, like the specialty plastics that enable contact lenses and lightweight eyeglasses. Other uses are less beneficial but often seem almost ...

Guided by floating barriers, the Interceptor has already stopped more than 143,000lbs of rubbish from entering the Pacific from one LA river On an overcast June morning, I step from the rubber-sided ...

For all the pushback against plastics, the material remains widely embedded in food and drinks packaging. From vacuum-packed fruit and veg to yoghurt pots, black plastic meat trays and milk jugs, the ...

When asked to describe his journey with The Ocean Cleanup in a single word, Boyan Slat paused only briefly. "Solvable." It is perhaps not the answer one would expect from someone who has spent the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) —It's not a strange sight to see anymore– plastic bags everywhere. From ditches to fences, bags blow around easily. It's something the Sioux Falls Regional Landfill knows all ...

Plastic has become the symbol of ocean pollution, but what if it's not the real problem? This video investigates the surprising reality behind marine plastic waste, from the vast expanse of the Great ...