“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

EWA BEACH, Hawaii (KHON2) — Ewa residents should get ready to drive on plastic. The Hawaii Department of Transportation began paving Fort Weaver Road on Tuesday, Oct. 11 with a mix of recycled ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...