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    In addition to large plastic trash, researchers estimate that more than 21 million metric tons of tiny plastic debris are floating below the Atlantic Ocean's surface.
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    The Atlantic Is Awash With Far More Plastic Than Previously Thought, Study Finds

    Aug 20, 2020
    A new study suggests there is far more plastic in the Atlantic Ocean than scientists estimated earlier, especially tiny pieces of plastic that can end up inside fish and other animals.
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    The Salt
    East West Market in Vancouver, British Columbia, offered single-use plastic bags with embarrassing slogans to encourage customers to utilize reusable bags.
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    How A Grocery Store's Plan To Shame Customers Into Using Reusable Bags Backfired

    Jul 08, 2019
    A Canadian grocery store put embarrassing slogans, such as "Wart Ointment Wholesale" and "Into the Weird Adult Video Emporium," on plastic bags to get customers to use reusable shopping bags.
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    The Salt
    The deep ocean is filled with sea creatures like giant larvaceans. They're actually the size of tadpoles, but they're surrounded by a yard-wide bubble of mucus that collects food — and plastic.
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    Microplastics Have Invaded The Deep Ocean — And The Food Chain

    Jun 06, 2019
    Giant gyres of plastic in the ocean grab headlines, but it's the tiny bits of plastic that scare scientists. And they've made their way everywhere, a new study finds — including in our seafood.
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    Environment
    Ocean Cleanup's System 001 was towed out of the San Francisco Bay on Sept. 8, 2018.
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    An Engineering Wunderkind's Ocean Plastics Cleanup Device Hits A Setback

    Jan 05, 2019
    Four months into its testing phase, the Ocean Cleanup's plastic-catching device isn't catching as much plastic as intended.
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    The Salt
    Researcher Kennedy Bucci collects plastics from the shore of Lake Ontario in Toronto.
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    Beer, Drinking Water And Fish: Tiny Plastic Is Everywhere

    Aug 20, 2018
    Plastic trash less than 5 millimeters long is in the things we eat and drink, and the air we breathe. Scientists are just beginning to study where it comes from and how it might affect our health.
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    Environment
    The single largest use for plastic is packaging, Jambeck says.  At this recycling center in southeast Asia, much of the waste is thin-film plastic that was once used to package single-use beverage containers.
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    We're Drowning In Plastic Trash. Jenna Jambeck Wants To Save Us

    Jul 24, 2018
    The engineer views a landfill as a living ecosystem, and the plastic that clogs it as a serious threat that crowds out life and never goes away. Can we eliminate the waste before it smothers us?
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    The Salt
    As cities and companies — including Starbucks — move to oust straws in a bid to reduce pollution, people with disabilities say they're losing access to a necessary, lifesaving tool.
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    Why People With Disabilities Want Bans On Plastic Straws To Be More Flexible

    Jul 11, 2018
    As cities and companies — including Starbucks — move to oust straws in a bid to reduce pollution, people with disabilities say they're losing access to a necessary, lifesaving tool.
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