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The Mississippi River drains more than 40% of the continental U.S. – just how much trash does it take along with it?

A group of researchers and environmental advocates wanted to find out when they began a litter analysis of a handful of cities along the river a few years ago. The results are in.

The Mississippi River drains more than 40 percent of the continental U.S. – just how much trash does it take along with it?

Trash from across the Mississippi River's large drainage basin can end up in the river, in the Gulf of Mexico, and ultimately, the ocean.

Mayors of Mississippi River cities met in Bemidji, Minn., near the river’s headwaters, to address numerous river-wide issues.

Here's how innovators at Circularity 22 are dealing with the scourge of plastic waste mismanagement.

On March 25th into the early morning hours of the 26th,2021, an EF-4 tornado hit the heart of Coweta county.

Baton Rouge has a trash problem.

ATHENS — While the Bulldogs prepare for their much-anticipated game against the No. 2-ranked Michigan Wolverines in the Orange Bowl College Football Playoff Semifinal, a team of University of Georgia

A collection of environmental organizations and community volunteers found nearly 13,000 pieces of garbage in and around the Mississippi River in St. Paul as part of a brief pilot study held earlier this year.