Gaia First is working to create a world-first cleanup vessel that converts ocean plastic to hydropower, fueling its own ...

AI-driven routing algorithms help ships collect 60% more ocean plastic without extra costs, making cleanup faster and more ...

Some 460 million metric tons of plastic are produced globally each year, out of which a staggering 91% of plastic waste is ...

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 ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste ... ocean. After sheets of clear plastic trash have been washed in the Buriganga ...

Some chemical recycling processes may be worse for the environment than disposing plastic waste in a landfill ... best way to get plastic out of the ocean? Two nonprofits take different approaches ...

The local nonprofit Sungai Watch saves about 3 metric tons of trash from entering the ocean every day with simple barriers and manual labor. We visited the island of Bali to meet the three young ...

"One of the most important aspects of our impact work preventing plastic from reaching the ocean is our holistic approach to waste cleanup, which includes low grade plastic, which many other ...