COVID-19 Poses Threat To Undo Progress On Plastic Pollution

COVID-19 Poses Threat To Undo Progress On Plastic Pollution

Before the coronavirus pandemic, the plastic bag was in retreat. Single-use plastics had become the subject of aggressive — and increasingly successful — restrictions. Consumers were becoming mindful of the need to reduce the amount of plastic they used. Companies were switching to more sustainable materials. Now, rollbacks of regulations, sanitary concerns and the plummeting prices of new plastics threaten...
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Future Vacuum To Clear Ocean Plastic?

Future Vacuum To Clear Ocean Plastic?

A spring storm had retreated inland during the night, leaving a canopy of unbroken clouds over Mission Bay. About 20 engineering students and others gathered in the morning chill to launch a cockeyed-looking vessel, mechanical guts fully visible, into the still water. The contraption’s hull, cannibalized from a 16-foot, decades-old catamaran, supported a conveyor belt, motor and array of batteries...
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