one of which is so notorious for collecting debris that some call it “Plastic Beach” or “Junk Beach.” Hawaii had opposed the step, which finds the waterways “impaired” under the Clean ...

“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 ...

HONOLULU— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found the waters around Hawaii’s Kamilo Beach and Tern Island to be impaired by plastic pollution and ordered state officials to take corrective ...

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 ...

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 ...

EWA BEACH, Honolulu (KHON2 ... Despite a big focus on going green, the CMDR said the vast majority of Hawaii’s recycled plastic is not reused in the islands. This movie genre is Hawaiʻi ...

"Molten plastic, sand grains, clasts from rock, coral, shells, and wood debris were held together after campfire burning on Kamilo Beach, Hawaii, USA," Deyi Hou, author of a recent paper that ...

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 ...