Alexander Clapp, author of new nonfiction book 'Waste Wars,' tracks the world-wide blackmarket trade of our garbage ...

That includes cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an infamous collection of trash between Hawaii and California that has spurred on the "Ocean Cleanup" project, which uses mechanical means ...

A study of plastic trash hauled out of the Pacific Ocean found that most of it had been colonized by coastal life that was thriving right next to species that normally live in the open sea.

The bold question-askers at What If explore what happens when humans dump 3.5 billion tons of trash into the deep ocean.

Trash and debris, pet poop, toxic chemicals and pesticides all get flushed from streets, gutters and sewers, flowing into channels, creeks and, eventually, the ocean.

Volunteers collected hundreds of pounds of trash from Ocean View beaches during National Clean Beach Week following Fourth of ...

Cyclists have been reaching out to us about encampments, trash, and debris along the Ocean Beach Bike Path. CBS 8 is Working For You to find out how the situation is being addressed.

Dumping plastic in the ocean is not at all a good idea, but some other types of garbage can actually benefit the ecosystem when disposed of in thoughtful, calculated ways.

Surfrider Foundation of San Diego County organized hundreds of volunteers to collect trash left from Independence Day celebration along the coast.

On July 4, tens of thousands descend on the Long Beach Peninsula. The crowds and leftover garbage have spurred some peninsula ...

Inventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. His team at The Ocean Cleanup designs and deploys systems that pull trash from the open ocean. Now, he’s stopping the pollution at ...

The Surfrider Foundation’s ‘Morning After Mess’ effort picks up a total of 2,617 pounds at nine locations countywide ...