Cities are turning to “trash skimmers” to rid their waterways of plastic waste. But environmentalists say the boats are more of a Band-Aid than a solution. By Rebecca Carballo As plastics accumulate ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa's "Little Skimmer" trash boat is celebrating one whole year on the water this week. The boat operates eight hours a day, four days per week picking up floating trash along the ...

Haley Hendrix, a student at Lamkin Elementary, was selected as the winner of an area contest in which the victor earned the privilege of naming the trash skimmer, a boat designed to skim litter and ...

The city is embarking on an initiative to further clean up the garbage pooling in the Chicago River along the Riverwalk. “We get a lot of trash in the river, and we have this beautiful new riverwalk ...