Surrounded by the meeting point of two powerful ocean currents and framed by dramatic coastlines, the Mother City's identity ...

Though The Ocean Cleanup is already removing plastic waste from oceans and turning it into consumer products, the non-profit also has a small number of river vessels tackling the pollution problem at ...

In the next month or so, Kia will begin offering an accessory for its EV3 subcompact electric crossover that will be made of recycled plastic scooped out of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. That's the ...

In the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California floats a massive collection of debris that has long been accumulating trash — from fishing nets to microplastics — known to be harmful to the marine ...

Since it first emerged with the bold vision of cleaning plastics from the seas way back in 2013, the Ocean Cleanup Project has made many tweaks to the design of its trash-catching barriers. The latest ...

Cindy Zipf is one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year, a recognition of women who have made a significant impact in their communities and across the country. The program launched in 2022 as a ...