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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As plastic waste continues to grow, so does the trash that's accumulating in the Pacific Ocean. Two huge floating islands of ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The Great Pacific garbage patch is now bigger than it’s ever been, covering an area ...

Melted plastic has become ingrained in rocks on a remote island in Brazil ... As humanity continues to dump garbage into the oceans, it puts the lives of various animals within them at high ...