World’s First River ‘Bubble Barrier’ Shows Promise for Preventing Plastic From Reaching the Sea

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesAug 5, 2022, 8:09 pm1.1k ptsInteresting
Plastic pollution has quickly become one of the biggest environmental issues of the 21st century. Plastics that end up in waterways are the cause of millions of animal deaths each year when birds, turtles, fish and other marine organisms ingest or become entangled in plastic waste. Plastics contain toxic…

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