Discover the escalating crisis of ocean plastic pollution and how The Ocean Cleanup is tackling this environmental issue.

In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, at least 79,000 metric tons of plastic has coalesced to create the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The patch, kept together by ocean currents and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 90 percent of the plastics in the GPGP are microplastics. Azure waves lapping against huge piles of built-up junk.

Studies have shown that the average person has around 6,000 thoughts per day, and that 95% of them are about themselves. Almost none of them are about garbage. OK, I made that last part up. But if you ...

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 ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a floating pile of trash located in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii. The GPGP spans 620,000 square miles, which is around three times the size of ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Floating in the middle of the ocean is a giant collection of trash and debris that's come to be known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The accumulation of plastics, cans and other ...

When plastic ends up in the ocean, it gradually weathers and disintegrates into small particles. If marine animals ingest these particles, their health can be severely affected. Large accumulations of ...

For the past year, Vancouver resident Alyn Spector has been letting his garbage pile up. From bread bags and food containers to shopping bags and other single-use plastics, Spector has been setting ...