Editor’s note: This is the final entry in a series examining the causes, impacts and solutions to plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the first, second and third stories here. In Toledo ...

Editor’s note: This is the third entry in a series examining the causes, impacts and solutions to plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the first, second and fourth stories here.

"On an annual basis, roughly 20 million pounds of plastic are finding their way into the Great Lakes on both sides of the border," he said. "We found [that] quite alarming." In his role as ...

An average of 86% of the litter collected each year on Great Lakes beaches is plastic, according to a new report based on 20 years of data collected from more than 14,000 beach cleanups.

Plastic pollution is a growing problem in the Great Lakes. A 2024 report by the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Science Advisory Board said microplastics are "ubiquitous" in Great ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Great Lakes provide drinking water for 40 million people, yet 22 million pounds of plastic pollution ends up in them every year. Volunteers and the Alliance for the Great ...

“Tiny trash” — plastic, foam and glass pieces measuring approximately 1 inch or less — accounts for 40% of litter found in the Great Lakes, the alliance report said. In the last ...

Robots can help clean up the lakes, but human choices about how much plastic to produce, consume, and throw out are at the core of the Great Lakes trash problem. Changing them will be key to any ...

Litter strewn across Great Lakes beaches is overwhelmingly composed of plastic, a new study from a region-wide beach cleanup group found, signaling a widespread problem for the wildlife and people ...

The slimy concoctions are mixtures of Great Lakes algae and microplastics, teensy pieces of plastic that find their way into the lakes through wastewater and broken-down litter. Algae blooms and ...

On average, 86% of the litter collected in a given Adopt-a-Beach season is composed either partially or fully of plastic, according to a report released by the Alliance for the Great Lakes.

The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), Ottawa, Ontario, has released its Circular Economy Strategy and Action Plan, a five-year plan creating a roadmap for a future without plastic waste. The ...