Trash dumped into stretches of the Willamette River between Salem and the Columbia River has gotten so bad that local agencies may need to come up with ways to address it, according to a state report ...

Illegal marijuana farmers have been leasing or buying land to grow cannabis in Oregon. The illicit growers in Oregon have been leaving behind garbage and drained water resources. To tackle the ...

A floating garbage city in the middle of the ocean may soon come to life. With the use of an AI-image generating tool, it could be built in the depths of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, as reported ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scientists say a new study is now revealing that one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet is also teaming with life. And they're trying to learn what it means for the ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists discovered a tiny hero working hard to keep our oceans clean: a plant-eating fungus. Although the study certainly shows the marine fungus can and will break down plastic, ...

In recent years, world leaders have taken steps to curb plastic pollution in the oceans, But a new study, published in Science on Thursday, says these measures are nowhere near enough to get the ...

City Hall estimates that Nairobi generates 3,000–3,500 tonnes of solid waste per day, but only about 45–50 percent of this ...

CRRI have developed a bio-bitumen technology converting farm residue into road material, a significant step towards tackling ...