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A series of heartbreaking images of a hungry elephant rummaging through piles of trash has shed light on the harsh reality of the world’s plastic pollution crisis. The set of ...

A massive ocean cleanup operation has performed the largest plastic removal in recorded history by hauling 103 US ...

The facts on plastic pollution just keep getting more dire. A 2016 MacArthur Foundation report found that "only 14 ...

When he was just 18 years old, Boyan Slat, a Dutch inventor, founded The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit ...

The world is slowly but surely becoming aware of the enormous threat that plastic pollution poses to our ...

The novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, is stable on surfaces for hours and can survive for ...

PENANG, Malaysia—Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mainly rich countries since the third ...

From the archives: This story was last updated in December 2019. For Ismael Essome, the path to becoming ...

Commentary Boyan Slat is the 24-year-old founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, a company that has deployed ...

"I do not want to live with problems, I want to solve them," says 20-year-old entrepreneur Tenith Adithyaa ...

Whether you know it or not, a lot of the food on the shelves of American grocery stores ...

A sperm whale was found dead with a 100kg "litter ball" in its stomach after it became stranded ...

Tourists and commuters alike can now get around Rome and recycle used plastic bottles to save the environment ...

On the sprawling grounds of Nara Park, one of Japan's largest, at the foot of Mount Wakakusa, millions ...

A type of Entenmann's cookie has been recalled across 36 states because of pieces of plastic being present ...

Sobeys Inc., Canada's second largest food retailer, revealed its plan to get rid of plastic grocery bags at ...

Warning: This report contains disturbing images. A newborn child was found wrapped in old clothing, inside a plastic ...

A 29-year-old New York man died in the Dominican Republic while reportedly getting discount liposuction. Manuel Nunez, who ...

OTTAWA—The federal government has issued no permits for Canadian companies to ship trash overseas since regulations changed three years ...

A bottlenose dolphin was found dead on a Florida beach with a two-foot-long shower hose lodged in its ...

A Texas businessman and deep-sea explorer descended 35,853 feet into the depths of the Pacific Ocean to shatter ...

Actress Debra Messing denied allegations that she received plastic surgery after posting a photo of her face on ...

“Aquaman” star Jason Momoa was pictured after he shaved his beard for the first time in years. Momoa ...

*Warning, pictures may be disturbing to some readers* SARDINIA, Italy—The carcass of a pregnant sperm whale that washed ...