A beach in the Dominican Republic is currently so filled with waste that at some points, the clear blue water of the Caribbean isn't even visible. A video posted on Instagram by Parley, an ...

They say their calls to officials have been ignored and some of the waste is hazardous. Ali Ambrosio spends her days picking up trash on the beach along the Intracoastal Waterway each day.

Humans produce about 8 billion tons of plastic each year. Plastic production is responsible for about 4.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions, nearly twice as much as what the aviation industry produces.

Plastic waste has been piling up on Bali, fueled by a lack of infrastructure—or an official plan—to deal with it. Also contributing to bottle- and bag-strewn beaches are growing tourism ...

On a recent visit to Jacksonville Beach, I noticed garbage bins overflowing and plastic strewn across the sand. We all love beaches, but our ocean is suffering from several human-caused problems ...

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VERO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida is known for its diverse ecosystems and welcoming climate. But with more people flocking to our area to live and vacation, that also brings more trash and ...

Plastic waste is more than a local environmental pollutant. It clogs streams. It chokes turtles. It gets caught on a bare branch and blows in the breeze. It stews in landfills.

By collecting pieces of plastic waste and photographing them on a plain background, Barker found that the trash became shocking again. “I wanted to create something that would resonate,” she says.

Sandy beaches just north of Beirut were a heaping wasteland. Workers clean garbage off of the beach of the coastal town of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 23, 2018. Joseph Eid/AFP ...