HISTORICAL FACTS: Ocean cleanup - The Untold Story

Rats, dengue and an all-day stench: can Panama City solve its waste crisis?

For decades, mountains of waste have blighted poor neighbourhoods on the edge of the city. But as the problems spread, a belated reckoning is under way

The Guardian - UK · 57m ago

A solar-powered rubbish-eating boat? The vessel chomping plastic waste out of the sea

Guided by floating barriers, the Interceptor has already stopped more than 143,000lbs of rubbish from entering the Pacific from one LA river

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12

Neuston, we have a problem: why do we know so little about the creatures floating on the ocean surface?

They withstand ocean storms, extreme heat and may impact everything from coral reefs to the deep sea. Why has it taken so long to pay attention to the neuston?

The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2024

Activists try giant screen to clean up Guatemalan river

The non-profit group Ocean Cleanup has installed a huge, steel-mesh screen on a heavily polluted river outside Guatemala, in a bid to stop plastics and other debris before they reach the ocean

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

Plastic fantastic in reverse

Great news for Mae Nam Chao Phraya river-lovers. Soon they will no longer have to pretend not to notice that the old girl has a bit of a beauty problem. She’s been breaking out in unsightly and polluting plastic and Styrofoam spots for too long. Worse, it all ends up…

Bangkok Post · Apr 20, 2022

Instagram adds fundraising to Reels to help nonprofits

Meta Platforms Inc., the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, plans to celebrate Earth Day by expanding its offering of fundraising tools and making them more easily available to more than 1.5 million nonprofits on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, including those involved in fighting climate change

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2022