Butts Out of the Ocean

Earth911
By Gemma AlexanderNov 5, 2018, 5:00 am284 pts
A photo of a sea turtle with a straw stuck in its nose awakened Americans to the problem of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). But the image was so strong that most viewers fixated on the straw. Straws are a single-use source of plastic waste for sure. But straws make a minuscule contribution to the GPGP.…

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