Courtesy of NASA, see where the 5 trillion pieces of floating plastic floating we’ve put in our oceans. Next year, a 20-year-old inventor will begin trawling the world’s oceans t... Read more
Around four billion minute fibres could be littering each square kilometre of some of the world’s deep seas, demonstrating that plastic debris is now creating cause for concern in some of th... Read more
An outlandish idea, floated by a 17-year-old two years ago, now has funding, a 530-page feasibility study, and the backing of 15 institutions. Next step: Actually picking up some trash. Two... Read more
Boyan Slat is an engineering student who is designing a concept for floating booms that would sift debris from the water. Boyan Slat is a 19-year-old engineering student who has detailed pla... Read more
If we’re going to clean up to ocean, we’re going to need some robotic help. These floating trash suckers might just do the trick. The ocean is a vast place. And while we humans have managed... Read more
The EOG can be fed almost any petroleum-based waste plastic and will convert it into synthetic light to medium oil for less than USD$10 per barrel. Read more
We talk with photographer Chris Jordan, who recently traveled to a remote part of the Pacific Ocean to document effects of the world’s largest known mass of garbage. What happened to that di... Read more
