Alaska Not Immune To Plastics Pollution

Alaska Not Immune To Plastics Pollution

This month is Plastic Free July, now a worldwide initiative to increase awareness of the growing effects of plastics on the environment and to encourage everyone to reduce their consumption and waste of plastic-based products. We’ve all seen pictures of plastic debris littering the coastline and entangling wildlife. But it’s what can’t be seen that is most concerning. Plastic trash...
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160 Turtles Caught In Plastic Waste, Rescued From Bangladesh Beach

160 Turtles Caught In Plastic Waste, Rescued From Bangladesh Beach

About 160 sea turtles, many of them injured after getting entangled in plastic waste, have been rescued after washing up on one of the world's longest beaches in Bangladesh, an official and conservationists said Wednesday. The Olive Ridley turtles began floating to shore at Cox's Bazar with a huge mass of plastic bottles, fishing nets, buoys and other debris at the weekend. Survivors...
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