Boyan Slat made waves when he was just a teenager with an audacious dream to rid the world’s oceans of plastic waste. Slat’s first TEDx Talk went viral in 2012, as the founder and CEO of The Ocean ...

As plastic pollution in the world's oceans reaches critical levels, recently published research reveals how artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can dramatically accelerate plastic waste removal, ...

Most people know plastic pollution is bad news. But a group of scientists says that we should pause all ocean plastic cleanup ...

A nonprofit group has removed over 17 million pounds of plastic trash from the Pacific Ocean — and they’re not done yet. The Ocean Cleanup is an organization that was founded in 2013 in the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Rebecca Helm despises the phrase “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” This moniker is used ...

One of the biggest issues facing our oceans is plastic waste. Damage to economies, industry, and the environment is estimated to cost the world $2.5 trillion annually. But there's hope on the horizon.

This moniker is used to describe the vast stretch of ocean from the west coast of North America to Japan that is crammed with an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of trash, most of which are plastic. “I ...

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 its ...

In a significant step towards tackling marine pollution, The Ocean Cleanup has officially begun its operations in India, ...

After nearly 10 years of stewarding our seas, 4Ocean’s co-founder and foundation director reflect on their homegrown success ...

Instead of focusing solely on ramping up recycling, the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act would require companies to cut the amount of plastic in their packaging—and nudge them toward ...