The global nonprofit organization The Ocean Cleanup deployed its innovative river cleanup technology, called the Interceptor Original, in one of Bangkok's most polluted rivers earlier this year. Since ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists discovered a tiny hero working hard to keep our oceans clean: a plant-eating fungus. Although the study certainly shows the marine fungus can and will break down plastic, ...

If you walk down the streets of Brooklyn long enough, one thing will remain clear — the abundance of litter and garbage strewn about on sidewalks is inescapable. Despite the efforts of the city’s ...

If you spot new nets in the Wicomico River, they are part of Salisbury's new approach to reducing pollution in its public ...

In our oceans there is an alarming crisis brewing: plastic pollution. Annually, 8 million metric tons of plastic invade our waters, endangering marine life and delicate ecosystems. Picture an expanse ...

Nine million people have been left choking on toxic, putrid air in the most polluted city on Earth. Vietnam’s capital Hanoi topped the list of the most polluted major cities for the first time in ...

JAMESTOWN, R.I. (WJAR) — Students in Jamestown have created a one-of-a-kind masterpiece in partnership with an alumni artist- using literal trash. Jamestown Lawn ELA teacher Brittany Richer Ahnrud ...

(CNN) — At the mouth of the Motagua, Guatemala’s longest river, 40 million pounds (18 million kilograms) of trash pours into the ocean each year. It is one of the most polluted rivers in Central ...

The city of Salisbury, Maryland, has installed new "trash nets" on stormwater pipes to reduce waterway pollution. These nets are designed to capture floatable debris like plastic bottles and wrappers ...