What if there were a way to easily and swiftly get trash out of the creeks that flow through Columbus? Whether it’s a soda can intentionally tossed on the ground, a Chick-Fil-A wrapper that blew out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Tuesday, the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, a river watchdog nonprofit, installed its 15th trash trap along the Chattahoochee River ...

A new effort to reduce litter in Raleigh’s waterways took center stage Thursday as environmental advocates, city leaders and volunteers cut the ribbon on two new trash traps installed in Marsh Creek.

BLADENSBURG, Md. — Bumpy storms that rumbled through the region Memorial Day washed a shocking amount of trash into the waterways like the Anacostia River, a morning-after visit with the Anacostia ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Thousands of pounds of trash including balloons, Styrofoam, bottles, and even bikes are pulled from our local waterways every year. Removing all of it is a bit of an uphill ...

Sound Rivers, the city of Raleigh, and the Great Raleigh Cleanup installed two new trash traps in Marsh Creek to reduce litter ahead of World Water Day, part of a growing effort to protect local ...

BALTIMORE — Floating fences in India. Whimsical water- and solar-driven conveyor belts with googly eyes in Baltimore. Rechargeable aquatic drones and a bubble barrier in The Netherlands. These are ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A weekend full of downpours means local litter traps filled with trash and debris. The litter trap in Eslava Creek was filled with everything from Styrofoam cups to plastic ...