77 tons less trash made it into the ocean thanks to this experimental L.A. County device The Ballona Creek Trash Interceptor on Friday, May 5, 2023, at the end of its first storm season.

For the new research, the scientists examined 105 pieces of debris retrieved from the open ocean garbage patch between California and Hawaii, including bottles, buoys, nets, ropes and crates.

In Los Angeles County, an innovative device is collecting trash to stop waste from reaching the ocean. This “trash interceptor,” stationed in Venice Beach, is one of only 11 in the world ...

A young entrepreneur is working on a large-scale solution to cleaning most of the world’s ocean trash. Boyan Slat started The Ocean Cleanup project in his home country of the Netherlands when he ...

It's the largest of five gigantic garbage patches in the sea. These patches hang out at the nexus of the world's ocean currents, changing shape with the waves.

This Interceptor 006 timelapse video shows just one month out of the 953 truckloads of trash collected at this one site in a calendar year. The post Timelapse Video Shows Trash Interceptor Halting ...

A study of plastic trash hauled out of the Pacific Ocean found that most of it had been colonized by coastal life that was thriving right next to species that normally live in the open sea.