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The Risacca Project aims to turn the oceans' garbage patches filled with plastic pollution into more than a dystopian memory. They're using recycled nets recovered from the ocean to create ethical fashion. In fact, they're...

A new device successfully hauled 20,000 pounds of trash out of the Pacific Ocean last week. This technology could potentially help clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.[...]

TRIWA is a watch-making company with a mission. Sea Shepherd is a non-profit working toward wildlife conservation. Finding common ground, the two collaborated to achieve both their goals. [...]

Plastic in the environment has become a circular problem. It's wasteful during production, often has a limited life-cycle in single-use products and ends up in waterways and food supplies. That process brings microplastics...

Single-use food and beverage container waste found on Canadian coasts almost doubled during the peak of COVID-19. This is according to the 2020 "Dirty Dozen" report prepared by the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. About...

What’s the best way to deal with the plastic waste problem that's plaguing the oceans? One idea may be to build an island…and then top that island with a beautiful hotel.[...]

Made from recycled, ocean-bound plastic, the Cadence magnetic, refillable containers offer a sustainable, convenient and stylish solution to single-use travel bottles...

While many big businesses and brands cause overwhelming environmental problems, Adidas works to clean up its act. In a bold move last January, Adidas acknowledged its contribution to plastic waste, noting the waste's negative...

We’ve all heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the continuing flow of oceanbound plastic. But what if something could intercept that plastic before it made it into the oceans? That’s the plan of SeaChange, a new...

Adidas is a well-known brand in the athletic shoe realm, and it has also been a champion of sustainable design with its 5-year partnership with Parley for the Oceans...

EarthX, the forum responsible for the world’s largest environmental expo, conference and film festival is teaming up with global nonprofit organization The National Geographic Society to bring Oceans Week onto the virtual...

The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) has teamed up with eco-friendly activewear company Rash'R to create a line of stylish face masks made using recycled plastic bottles from the ocean...

Single-use plastics are everywhere. No matter how small they are, these plastics often end up in either landfills or the oceans, taking hundreds of years to decompose. When Heliograf designers Jeffrey Simpson and Angus Ware...

Single-use plastics are everywhere. No matter how small they are, these plastics often end up in either landfills or the oceans, taking hundreds of years to decompose. When Heliograf designers Jeffrey Simpson and Angus Ware...

Undoubtedly, one of the world's most pressing issues is the massive amount of plastic waste that is clogging our oceans and waterways on a daily basis...