In addition to impacting marine life, affecting coastal areas and potentially damaging other ships, litter from shipping and boating can also damage coastal and ocean-based aquaculture.

Volunteers with the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor spent April 16, 2016, picking up garbage along Lehigh Drive only to see this litter reappear days later. The proposed $130 million ...

The city is now expanding its effort by launching the "Little Skimmer," a smaller vessel that can access harder to reach areas like seawalls, mangroves, and shallow edges.

We have previously shown marine litter is harmful to numerous species of marine life and it is clear there are major financial costs keeping tourist beaches and ports and harbours clean.

Combating Marine Litter. By Aiswarya Lakshmi. December 9, 2016. The effective ... Garbage from ships can be just as deadly to marine life as oil or chemicals.

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups.

Derelict ‘ghost’ traps, fishing line, anchor rope and a host of other objects tormenting marine life litter the bay. Miami-Dade plans on spending $500,000 over the coming year to combat the ...

“Used correctly PPE saves lives; disposed of incorrectly it kills marine life,” said Cindy Zipf, the group’s executive director. “PPE litter is a gross result of the pandemic, and 100% ...

Marine litter can undermine the psychological benefits of coastal environments, a study has shown. The beneficial effects of the blue environment to human health and well-being are well documented ...

To the usual list of foul trash left behind or washed up on beaches around the world, add these: masks and gloves used by people to avoid the coronavirus and then discarded on the sand.