Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar to ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A new effort is underway in San Francisco to clean up litter while curbing pollution. San Francisco lawmakers today unveiled legislation to ban "plastic straws." And not just ...

BELLE ISLE, Mich. — The latest in litter removal technology is on the way to Belle Isle Beach. Tuesday, the City of Detroit announced the "BeBot," an electric beach cleaning robot capable of cleaning ...

Marine litter is a serious environmental problem worldwide. Reducing it would require implementing a global monitoring system, agreeing on the use of common methods and protocols for data collection, ...

Agreeing on a common methodology for obtaining and comparing data, including marine litter in all environmental protection agreements and guidelines, and securing greater involvement from politicians ...

Caring for the environment on every level is a long-held Aspen value. After all, our Elk Mountains facilitate The Aspen Idea, nurturing mind, body, and spirit. In “New Aspen” since COVID, we seem to ...

On this week’s episode, Rex sits down with Suzanne Hirrel and Norm Berner of Keep Little Rock Beautiful to “talk about trash.” The primary topic of discussion in this episode is Hirrel and Berner's ...

With all the rain lately, we've had the opportunity to see stormwater runoff at its “best.” As rainwater that is unable to soak into the ground puddles and then runs downhill, it collects and brings ...

Plastic food packaging, caps and lids, and plastic bottles are the planet’s predominant items of marine litter, according to the world’s first overview of marine litter by usage type. The new research ...

It appears the decades-long legal battle by the state of Oklahoma against poultry companies in northwest Arkansas over the pollution of the Illinois River watershed with chicken litter is reaching its ...

Beach litter is being turned into art to raise awareness of plastic pollution on the coast.