Eight million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. What it's done to this island is a stark warning.

Drilling a few holes in a typical plastic trash bin prevents the filled-up bag from forming a seal and helps in removing it swiftly. The holes can be about 1.4 inches and spread out on the edges ...

The Los Angeles Times reports the trash can was under the stairs of the main deck of the drive boat and the fire quickly spread, leaving 33 passengers and a crew member trapped below deck.

As tiny pieces of plastic clog our oceans, natural meadows of seagrass are bundling up microplastics and spitting them back ...

(CN) — Call it killing two environmental birds with one stone: Researchers in Denmark say they have developed a method to ...

Visitors sometimes leave stuff behind at Great Lakes beaches. One of the most common pieces of plastic trash found are ...

Investigators determined a fire that broke out aboard the Conception dive boat that killed 34 people started in a trash can, according to reports.