As plastic pollution in the world's oceans reaches critical levels, recently published research reveals how artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can dramatically accelerate plastic waste removal, ...

Efforts to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch might be a mistake. Here is why experts say skimming the surface could be ...

Boyan Slat made waves when he was just a teenager with an audacious dream to rid the world’s oceans of plastic waste. Slat’s first TEDx Talk went viral in 2012, as the founder and CEO of The Ocean ...

Most people know plastic pollution is bad news. But a small group of scientists says that we should pause all ocean plastic cleanup efforts.

Waste management capacity expansion key to curb plastic pollution: Ocean Cleanup founder ...

AquaOmega, a brand of Vivo Brands Inc., today announced the launch of the AquaOmega OneHealth Impact Initiative, a sustainability program created in partnership with 4ocean that links product sales to ...

One of the biggest issues facing our oceans is plastic waste. Damage to economies, industry, and the environment is estimated to cost the world $2.5 trillion annually. But there's hope on the horizon.

ALAMEDA, Calif. (KGO) -- Call it the world's biggest garbage dump: the swirling mess of plastic debris in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Now, there's an effort afoot to make it vanish, launching ...

In the vast, swirling expanse of the North Pacific Ocean lies a phenomenon as intriguing as it is troubling – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This colossal debris vortex stretching from ...

Inventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. His team at The Ocean Cleanup designs and deploys systems that pull trash from the open ocean. Now, he’s stopping the pollution at its ...

Marine plastic waste is a huge problem, but non-profit the Ocean Cleanup has been taking a bite out of floating trash in oceans and rivers for the last few years. Now pop-rock band Coldplay is about ...