so it started building solar-powered river cleaners to catch garbage before it goes out to sea. Experts worry the ocean-cleaning machines could harm sea life, but most say cleaning rivers is a ...

Every year, we throw 300 million tons of plastic waste, which ends up in rivers and oceans, and then enters into our bodies.

Scientific studies on nine major waterways reveal an 'alarming' pollution by small particles. For the first time, a bacterium ...

Trying to keep Utah’s rivers, streams, and waterways free from trash. That’s the goal of those with the nonprofit group, Fish ...

Since most marine plastic comes from rivers, the vessel could help address the waste problem before it reaches an ocean garbage patch. The organization's 25-year-old founder, Boyan Slat ...