Standing on the island's remote shoreline brings a calm ... thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you probably ...

The Ocean Cleanup is fighting against this accumulation. In 2024, the foundation removed 11.5 million kilos of garbage from the world’s oceans and rivers. They even put a price tag on cleaning up the ...

The plastic garbage, on the other hand, had a relatively effortless journey to Henderson. The island sits near the center of the South Pacific Gyre, an ocean current that sweeps up debris carried ...

Gentle scissor snips complement the night’s sounds. It’s 4 a.m. and most people are still asleep, but inside a modest house ...

As of 2021, as much as 772 tons (700 tonnes) of trash were added to the island daily ... groups say it’s a “clear admission” that plastic cups aren’t recyclable. Does changing the shape ...

The Trash Isles campaign was thought up by ad creatives Michael Hughes and Dalatando Almeida. Designer Mario Kerkstra created the identity for the island, designing its ... Scientists predict that by ...

are littered with garbage, much of it plastic. Last fall Break Free From Plastic, a coalition including Greenpeace and other groups, cleaned a beach on Freedom Island, which is advertised as an ...

Braving the rain, volunteers collected trash by hand ... Most of the plastic waste originates from Java, the country's most populous island. Indonesia is among the world's largest contributors ...