Octopus trash activity signals deep sea trouble
A new study published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin has found that octopuses are increasingly interacting...
Crows to help clean up cigarette butts in Sweden
A Swedish company, Corvid Cleaning, is recruiting crows that will help clean the streets of Södertälje by picking...
Single-use food packaging waste nearly doubled during the pandemic
Single-use food and beverage container waste found on Canadian coasts almost doubled during the peak of COVID-19....
Los Angeles activist inspires others by cleaning up Eaton Canyon
Thunderstorms, snow, 117°F temperatures and even ash falling from the sky couldn’t keep Edgar McGregor from...
Discarded COVID-19 masks are now littering seas and oceans
In May, the French nonprofit Opération Mer Propre reported collecting several used face masks within waves of...
How to safely dispose contaminated gloves, masks, wipes and more
Our new normal, the novel coronavirus pandemic, has caused society to take up more rigorous hygiene regimens. Unfortunately,...
Cigarette butts, the No. 1 most-littered item, are impacting plant growth
In the frenzy to ban plastic utensils, foam containers, straws and single-use bags, the world’s No. 1 most-littered...
European parliament supports the ban of single-use plastics
The EU adopted new plans last week to ban single-use plastic items like plates, straws, cutlery, balloon sticks...
A disgraceful cascade of trash follows a rare Yellowstone Ear Spring geyser eruption
While tourists flock from all corners of the globe to witness the Yellowstone National Park geysers such as famous...
Coca-Cola rewards recycling in the UK with half-priced theme park tickets
Many theme-park visitors in the U.S. are familiar with using bottles or cans of soda they've purchased to score...
Plogging: Sweden's new fitness trend combines jogging and trash pickup
Plogging is a fitness trend that will help get you - and the environment - in shape. Scandinavians dreamed up this...
Revealing map shows the distribution of all known ocean trash
There's still a lot the average person doesn't know about the trash clogging up our oceans. Alfred Wegener Institute...
Plastic 'tsunami' trashes Hong Kong beaches
A deluge of garbage is overwhelming Hong Kong beaches. In what some refer to as a trash 'tsunami,' Hong Kong beaches...
Sea turtles face growing danger due to plastic trash in Australian waters
Sea turtles living off the coast of Australia face a growing danger in their own habitat: ocean plastic. The amount...
Styrofoam to be banned in New York City starting in July
The administration of New York City mayor Bill De Blasio announced today a ban on single-use styrofoam products...
