“It's gorgeous,” says Nic Vanderzyl, the University of Hawaii at Hilo student who discovered the beach's plastic. Vanderzyl saw the new beach as an opportunity to study new sediment that was ...

An ocean conservationist in Hawaii has sparked debate after sharing footage that highlights just how much plastic debris is ... through the sand on a local beach. With the caption: "When I say ...

Small, sea-worn pieces of plastic lie everywhere on the sand's surface ... who is one half of the locally-based duo who recently founded Beach - short for Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign, ...

Megan Lamson, a program director at the Hawaii Wildlife Fund ... white sand beach and crystal blue water – all littered with plastic. He's seen dead birds and turtles tangled in debris ...

Hawaii saw more than 9 million visitors last year. Those tourists’ first stops are often big-box and convenience stores, where they buy bottled water, plastic ... devices and beach toys ...

Researchers in Hawaii say they are "surprised and sad" to find plastic items and other marine ... Heavy equipment was used to transport it to the beach, where researchers from University of ...

EWA BEACH, Hawaii (KHON2) — It has been about 14 months since State crews paved a section of Fort Weaver Road with a mix of asphalt and plastic. KHON2 wanted to know how the new road is faring ...

Scientists suspect the large sperm whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend may have died from an intestinal blockage because it ate large volumes of plastic, fishing nets, and other ...