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

The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit that develops and scales technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, is calling ...

The Ocean Cleanup is calling on sailors out in the Pacific, anywhere between California and Hawaii this summer, to take part in ...

An estimated 11 million metric tons of plastic enter oceans each year, according to the U.S. State Department—and some of it ...

Microplastics are pervasive ocean pollutants, impacting ecosystems and human health. This article examines their lifecycle ...

Salvage crews on Monday were trying to refloat a large sailing ship that sank Sunday night while docked at the Oakland Estuary. The boat, part of an ocean cleanup project, is now presenting a cleanup ...

They even put a price tag on cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. For $7.5 billion, Sainte Rose’s team estimates that the GPGP could be cleared within a decade. Sainte-Rose points to ...

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 ...

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.

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7, 2024: A previous version of this article said that Ocean Cleanup vessels had removed ... plastic waste from the notorious Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an environmental nonprofit says it can ...