Museum exhibit explores the ‘afterlife’ of plastic trash. At Harvard, an art collective documents the strange beauty of “castaway” garbage and its place in the landscape.

The government launched a National Beach Cleanup Strategy on Thursday to cut plastic pollution, with cleanups in Mexico's 17 coastal states.

The plastic pollution crisis has been widely blamed on a handful of Asian countries, ... U.S. generates more plastic trash than any other nation, report finds.

Dumping trash in natural areas is illegal and can come with a hefty fine or even criminal charges, depending on what is being illegally disposed of. Dumping trash can also cause health hazards and can ...