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How plastic pollution flows from rivers to oceans — and how to stop it

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...
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Peeps In Texas Are Eating Plastic And Really Don’t Know It – Here’s How To Stop

We're not ingesting microplastics through our food but, more likely), by what we eat the food from. If you want to cut down the amount of plastic you don't know you're eating, quit using these things.
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Your Meals Are Probably Covered in Microplastics . These 7 Kitchen Items May Be To Blame

So where is all this plastic coming from? A huge source is a place you'd least expect: your own kitchen. Between food wrap, ...
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You’ve already stopped using plastic straws. Here’s how to cut more plastic from your life

More than 400 million metric tons of plastic is produced annually, and only a small fraction is recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, or leaks into the natural environment, which is impacting ...
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Lego tells plastic bags to hit the bricks, will use paper instead per kids' requests

NEW YORK -- Lego said Tuesday that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones. The Danish toymaker said it will start making the switch next year and ...