Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic ... it's nearly impossible to distinguish between jellyfish and ...

We spoke with Slat, who gave us an update on the mission and an overview of how the System 03 picks up floating ... funnels the plastic from the ocean's surface into a collection bag called ...

Plastic is all around us. Most of us use it every day. It’s a really useful material that has transformed all our lives, but unfortunately our used plastic is getting into the ocean. It can end ...

Plastic bag bans may not be the best way to keep plastics out of the ocean, argues Todd Myers. Jay Karr Island Packet We don’t want plastic in the ocean. Most plastic degrades slowly ...

Her innovative design aims to recycle ocean plastic while functioning as a completely self-sustaining floating structure ... process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles to create new, recycled ...

The Ocean Cleanup project was created by Boyan Slat at the age of 22. $30 Million has been raised to fund his idea. It's set to help clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch located between Hawaii ...