After three years extracting plastic waste from the notorious Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an environmental nonprofit says it can finish the job within a decade, with a price tag of several ...

Several days ago, The Ocean Cleanup (TOC) project announced its ambitious timeline and cost to get the Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleaned up once and for all: 10 years and US$7.5 billion.

Your garbage disposal has a seemingly magical way of making your leftovers disappear down the drain. But with each use, food debris builds up and eventually makes your sink stink. The good news?

Sep. 26, 2024 — Researchers have studied how nanoplastic affects aquatic organisms in lakes and rivers. The results are surprising and the researchers are the first to show that some species are ...

Dozens of Prince George’s County, Maryland, residents dealing with the sights and smells of uncollected trash for a good chunk of the summer unwrapped their frustration at a public meeting ...

We meet a group of women aged 64 to 84 making it their mission to clean up the waters in Cape Cod. They call themselves the Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage scouring more than 200 freshwater ...

11 as a Category 2 hurricane and parish officials across the state are canceling garbage collection services ahead of landfall. Francine is expected to bring with it powerful winds and the ...

Nearly every state-led effort to ban food waste analyzed by researchers appears to be failing — except one, according to a new study. The study, published Thursday in the journal Science ...

How Much Does a Garbage Collector Make? Garbage Collectors made a median salary of $43,540 in 2022. The best-paid 25% made $53,800 that year, while the lowest-paid 25% made $34,040. The ...

With names like Slobby Robbie and Heavin’ Steven, Garbage Pail Kids were created in 1985 as a sticker and trading card-based parody of the wildly popular Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, but quickly ...