I keep reading about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, that floating island of trash between California and Hawaii. Can we ever clean it up? And should we even bother? Because the trash is so ...

Abandoned nets and other plastic garbage being pulled out of the ocean at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Credit ... “Trying to clean up the oceans gyres is the most carbon heavy, expensive ...

An ambitious project to clean up the ocean’s plastic pollution ... If it works as expected, they’ll try to take a bite out of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a huge collection of floating ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a collection of an estimated 155 million pounds ... “Through the hard work of the past ten years, humanity has the tools needed to clean up the ocean.” The Ocean ...

A nonprofit organization aimed at cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch made a stop in San Francisco on Friday to deliver a message. After six years of trying to find a solution to the ...

The Ocean Cleanup, an environmental care ... Related: Exploring the Great Pacific Garbage Patch The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is made up of debris from different types of waste.

After three years extracting plastic waste from the notorious Great Pacific ... Ocean Cleanup said in a press release, announcing the group’s intention to eliminate the garbage patch entirely.

An expert says there is pushback from environmental groups when it comes to cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

And I think if we can clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, this seemingly insurmountable thing, I think is going to be an inspiration for many people," Slat said.

And I think if we can clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, this seemingly insurmountable thing, I think is going to be an inspiration for many people," Slat said.