A couple makes sculptures and jewelry with found items. One Plastic Beach profiles artists Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang. For more than ten years, the Langs have been collecting plastic ...

On this day, on this beach, it was everywhere. People know they shouldn’t litter, but yet there are plastic bags, cans and a styrofoam cup in plain view. “I think there needs to be education ...

The top one may well surprise you. Plastic bottle caps may often be confused by sea creatures for food, with potentially deadly consequences. Plastic bottle caps may often be confused by sea ...

For the first time since the Ocean Conservancy began keeping track, plastic cutlery is showing up on the Top 10 list for trash found during beach cleanups. The 34th annual International Coastal ...

A remote beach on the southern tip of Hawaii’s Big Island is known for its trash: In a typical year, volunteers collect around 20 tons of plastic waste from the area as currents wash up old ...

The garbage sometimes forms islands in the sea, and much of it washes ashore, accumulating as mountains on the beach. The world produces around 400 million metric tons of plastic waste each year.

That, in short, explains the rapid growth of plastic food packaging ... Nine of the Ocean Conservancy’s top ten items retrieved from its annual beach cleanups are related to food and drink.