A coauthor of a new study that found coastal species of sea life were living on plastic in the open…

A new device built by the nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup brought back 64,000 pounds of plastic from th…

The Ocean Cleanup, the group behind the device, thinks 10 such installations could clean 50% of the…

In 2018, The Ocean Cleanup was a participant in Microsoft's annual hackathon, where volunteers work…

In 2018, The Ocean Cleanup was a participant in Microsoft's annual hackathon, where volunteers work…

In June, The Ocean Cleanup launched a new version of the device, known as System 001/B. Once it was…

Microplastics aren't just a problem for marine life. They make their way into the food we eat and b…

The first test will involve attaching a sea anchor that decelerates the speed of the system. If tha…

Slat's 2,000-foot-long device, System 001, recently spent four weeks in the Great Pacific Garbage P…

But one of the challenges in taking on this project, Slat said, is that plastic debris is often wea…

By the end of November, Slat's organization, The Ocean Cleanup, released an update saying they had …

To sweep the water for plastic, the system has to move, of course. But it's designed not to need an…

According to some experts, like George Leonard, chief scientist at Ocean Conservancy, and Eben Schw…

More than eight weeks after Wilson was deployed in the Pacific Ocean, it began spilling the plastic…

In 2013, 18-year-old entrepreneur Boyan Slat set out to tackle this problem by launching The Ocean …

Slat's solution is a floating, U-shaped array that captures plastic in its fold like a giant arm. T…

But if all goes according to plan, the device could remove half the plastic in the Great Pacific Ga…

Over the years, The Ocean Cleanup's plans have changed dramatically. Slat's original concept involv…