Picking up litter at an Adopt-a-Beach cleanup at Jeorse Park Beach in East Chicago, Indiana, in 2023. A new report by the non-partisan, non-profit group Alliance for the Great Lakes found that 86% of ...

The ubiquitous plastic beverage bottle makes up about half of plastic waste collected for recycling in the U.S. Most recycled plastic is processed domestically, but a portion is traded overseas. A new ...

From car batteries to roofing tiles, baseballs, nail polish, and a popcorn popper. These are just a few of the items collected by more than 8,000 volunteers during the biannual Beach Sweep events ...

For marine mammals, gulping down a plastic snack poses grave risks. Bellies full of trash can lead to blockages, then starvation. But at Iron Pier Beach in Riverhead, there’s a new kind of fish that ...

An average of 86% of the litter collected each year on Great Lakes beaches is plastic, according to a new report based on 20 years of data collected from more than 14,000 beach cleanups. The report by ...

Litter strewn across Great Lakes beaches is overwhelmingly composed of plastic, a new study from a region-wide beach cleanup group found, signaling a widespread problem for the wildlife and people who ...

Findings indicate that plastic waste imports contribute to coastal litter, urging a focus on waste management improvements in ...

The morning after the Labor Day crowds started to file off of Tybee Island, Marie Rodriguez scanned up and down a section of south beach collecting trash off the sand. She's been picking up beach ...

Plastic rubbish on Australia’s beaches has declined by 29 per cent over six years thanks to a range of local council initiatives. “It’s surprising and really heartening to see this change in a short ...

A new study by the University of Portsmouth shows that plastic items make up more than seven in ten pieces of litter recorded ...

Editor’s note: This is the second entry in a series examining the causes, impacts and solutions to plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the first, third and fourth entries here. BENTON HARBOR, ...

The Selsey Beach Litter Ninjas said that large amounts of polyurethane insulation, plastic crates, and other materials have ...