This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis ... or in the cool waters of the ocean, if they should end up there.

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our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste ... Ocean. It captivated a global audience for weeks. No sign of the wreckage appeared. On several occasions, when satellite ...

Tonnes of plastic waste are discarded into the oceans each year. What are we doing to help tackle the issue and how can we help? The good news is that the fight to clean up ocean pollution is ...

A robot can make the process faster and safer.” Rivers carry plastic waste from inland cities all the way to the sea, making ocean pollution everyone’s problem. That’s why the coastal town ...