To find out how destructive negligence and indifference are, it is enough to move between Hawaii and California and see the Great Pacific Garbage Patch! From wreckages of containers to children's toys ...

For this second installment of the Sea Camp series, we explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It's the largest of five ...

After years in development, the Ocean Cleanup has today announced that its prototype is capturing plastic debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

A 60-foot chunk of the Ocean Cleanup device in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has broken off.

A 2,000-foot-long system created to clean up plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean is broken and being towed back to port for repair.

A new test in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch will show if the Ocean Cleanup system, designed by young inventor Boyan Slat, really works.

Slat estimates that if the Ocean Cleanup’s plan is successful, they will be able to clean up 50 percent of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in five years.

After a stint on the sidelines, The Ocean Cleanup Project is bouncing back into action following a few upgrades to its trash-catching system. The team was forced to haul in its huge floating ...

The Ocean Cleanup plastic cleaning system broke in December. Researchers now say they hope to have it fixed by early summer.

An ambitious project to clean up the ocean’s plastic pollution got underway over the weekend as members of The Ocean Cleanup project began towing their system out to sea.

The massive ocean-cleanup device invented by a 24-year-old broke down in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Here's what went wrong.

Nonprofit environmental organization The Ocean Cleanup has announced that it's on track to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2034. That is — if it has the necessary funds to do so. In ...