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 ...

LOS ANGELES – A trash collection device deployed to corral plastic litter floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii has broken apart and will be hauled back to dry land for repairs.

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) -- A trash collection device deployed to corral plastic litter floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii has broken apart and will be hauled back to dry land ...

A new study finds that a handful of nations are responsible for the vast majority of plastic waste entering the world’s ...

Scientists studying a giant collection of plastic trash floating in the middle of the open ocean have found some unexpected inhabitants: dozens of marine species that usually stick close to the coast.

(NEW YORK) — A Dutch foundation aimed at removing plastic pollution from the world’s oceans launched a prototype of a new clean-up system Wednesday in the North Sea. The prototype is a 100-meter long ...