Plastic Pollution

environment

Ocean trash circles are persistent accumulations of floating debris, primarily plastics, caught and concentrated by rotating ocean currents called gyres. These materials are tra...

environment

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a region in the North Pacific Ocean where circulating currents concentrate floating debris, primarily broken-down plastics and other persisten...

environment

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a concentrated accumulation of persistent floating debris in the North Pacific Ocean, primarily consisting of plastic particles and other long...

environment

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a concentrated accumulation of marine debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. It forms primarily because persistent ocean currents trap...

Environment & Sustainability

Boyan Slat is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur best known for founding The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit organization developing systems to remove plastic from oceans. Born in 199...

environment-and-sustainability

The plastic straw ban meme refers to the widespread jokes, images, and short videos that circulated online, often mocking bans on single-use plastic straws or pretending that ev...

environment

A plastic island in the ocean is a region where floating debris, primarily plastics, concentrates due to ocean circulation patterns. These are not continuous islands of trash yo...

marine debris

Jellyfish and plastic bags share a deceptive similarity in shape and movement in the water, leading to widespread confusion with serious ecological consequences. This relationsh...

environment

A plastic bag in the wind is a common yet consequential sight. Lightweight, aerodynamic, and easily lifted, a single shopping bag can travel hundreds of meters once airborne. Th...