The Ocean Cleanup is fighting against this accumulation. In 2024, the foundation removed 11.5 million kilos of garbage from ...

With the organization’s technology, an area of the ocean the size of a football field is being cleaned every five seconds.

U.S. Polo Assn., the official brand of the United States Polo Association (USPA), in partnership with 4ocean, a Florida-based ...

Today, scientists know that the patch is the result of a combination of ocean currents that corral tons of manmade trash into a vortex of sorts. It covers and absolutely huge area, comparable to ...

So much plastic is discarded around the world that 8.8 million tons end up in the ocean every year ... collecting in “garbage patches” (though concentrations are too low to resemble piles ...

Documenting the garbage along New Jersey beaches helps state lawmakers make policy decisions on plastic pollution, says this ...

In celebration of World Aquatic Life Day, witness the impactful artistry of Washed Ashore's oceanic trash sculptures. This organization transforms ocean garbage into breathtaking, large-scale ...

Last year, volunteers removed nearly 277,000 pieces of trash, most of it plastic, from New Jersey beaches. Plastic made up 83% of debris picked up by beach sweep volunteers, up from about 50% in ...