Plastic Waste Flowing Into Oceans Will Nearly Triple By 2040

Plastic Waste Flowing Into Oceans Will Nearly Triple By 2040

The amount of plastic trash that flows into the oceans every year is expected to nearly triple by 2040 to 29 million metric tons. That single, incomprehensibly large statistic is at the center of a new two-year research project that both illuminates the failure of the worldwide campaign to curb plastic pollution and prescribes an ambitious plan for reducing much of...
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Study Finds Plastic Trash Contaminates Remote Hawaii Beaches

Study Finds Plastic Trash Contaminates Remote Hawaii Beaches

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated the waters of two remote beaches in Hawaii as contaminated by trash, forcing the state to address the persistent problem of plastic deposited on its coastlines by swirling Pacific Ocean currents. The decision will require authorities to establish a daily limit for the trash at the two locations, one of which is so...
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