WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - One nonprofit is hosting an evening of fun to celebrate its accomplishments in keeping the ocean free of plastic pollution. Marisa Marzilli and Bonnie Monteleone with the ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Plastic Ocean Project is holding its fourth annual Trash’n Fash’n Show at the New Hanover County Arboretum. Lane Tompkins, Organizer of Tran’n Fash’n Show, says they have 12 ...

A new global alliance supports a community-investment project called Renew Oceans as part of its commitment to reduce plastic waste in the environment. Ten rivers transport more than 90% of ...

Three months ago, five gifted students from St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School started sacrificing after-school time and Saturdays to come up with a winning project idea that would combat a problem in ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

In the vast, swirling expanse of the North Pacific Ocean lies a phenomenon as intriguing as it is troubling – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This colossal debris vortex stretching from ...

A dream of turning garbage into fuel is being nurtured by a lot of inventors, and one of them has come up with a small, portable device that burns up certain types of plastic trash and turns it into ...

There’s always some controversy over ocean plastic — such as who is responsible for it and what to do about it — but everyone agrees that plastic doesn’t belong in the ocean. Or do they? I was floored ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column ...

New plastic that dissolves in seawater raises hopes for tackling ocean pollution - Japanese researchers say new material can ...