Documenting the garbage along New Jersey beaches helps state lawmakers make policy decisions on plastic pollution, says this ...

Plastic straws made up 5.4% of trash picked up on New Jersey beaches in 2024, down from nearly 6.8% of trash in 2021, according to Clean Ocean Action. Plastic shopping bags were just 0.4% of the ...

Mysterious, floating stones have been found on beaches across Monmouth County and ocean officials are trying to figure out ...

Last year, volunteers removed nearly 277,000 pieces of trash, most of it plastic, from New Jersey beaches. Plastic made up 83% of debris picked up by beach sweep volunteers, up from about 50% in ...

Around 100 billion plastic beverage containers are sold in the United States each year — much of which ends up in landfills and waterways, polluting the environment and endangering wildlife. Studies ...

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Volunteers found some strange items cleaning up New Jersey's beaches last spring and summer, according to the environmental group Clean Ocean Action, which released its annual beach sweeps report ...