While trash still builds up inland and flows to the ocean following storms, there has been progress, she said. “The first flush this year, it was nothing compared to that,” she said. “I hope ...

The researchers believe that similar trash-avalanches can occur along other coastal areas, especially with similar geological conditions, like steep mountain ranges and human settlements nearby.

Garbage on its way to ocean collected, bagged in Maalaea Maui Nui Marine Resouce Council hosts gulch cleanup prior to rainy season Local News. Dec 28, 2020 ...

The Ocean Cleanup Interceptors were first announced by founder and CEO Boyan Slat in 2019. The trash Interceptors are moored to river beds and use river current to snag debris floating on the ...

77 tons less trash made it into the ocean thanks to this experimental L.A. County device. The Ballona Creek Trash Interceptor on Friday, May 5, 2023, at the end of its first storm season.

Once enough pieces have been marked, a sailboat journeys out to retrieve the tags and the garbage they mark. In 2020, the Ocean Voyages Institute completed the largest single cleanup in history, ...

The world's largest garbage dump lies deep in the Pacific Ocean. Aug. 6, 2008 — -- The world's largest trash dump doesn't sit on some barren field outside an urban center. It resides ...

The environmental group Ocean Conservancy said that during its annual International Coastal Cleanup day, volunteers in more than 100 countries collected about 20.5 million pounds of trash.

Trash, such as this glass bottle, has been found deep in the ocean, far away from shore. Jeff Hornbaker/Water Rights/Corbis Even creatures at the bottom of the ocean aren’t sheltered from the ...