Yet, in action, the conservation of the Great Lakes and their abundant natural resources has been ultimately unsuccessful, ...

Sustainability doesn’t always mean using “natural” materials per se; it can also mean using renewable and recyclable ones.

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we find out how abandoned fishing gear in the oceans is getting turned into ...

Meet the resilient creatures that call the Pacific Garbage Patch home. Discover how they adapt, survive, and even thrive in this massive ocean of plastic waste.

Ghost gear is one of the largest sources of plastic pollution in the ocean, making up an estimated 70-90% of the plastic in offshore garbage patches.

Ocean Plastic Pollution Is A $2.5T Problem Every Year. Cleanup Group Says They're On Track To Erase The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Adrian Volenik Sat, Sep 21, 2024, 1:00 PM4 min read ...

Recognizing the severity of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the broader issue of marine plastic pollution, various organizations, governments, and individuals have launched initiatives to ...

What's in the patch? About 99% of everything in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is plastic. That equates to 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic present in 80,000 tons of garbage.

Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, explains the nonprofit's mission to clean up floating plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Since its discovery, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) has often been depicted in the media as a floating mass of plastic, and referred to as a trash island.