New study calculates magnitude of plastic waste going into the ocean

ENN
Feb 12, 2015, 3:30 pm22 pts
A plastic grocery bag cartwheels down the beach until a gust of wind spins it into the ocean. In 192 coastal countries, this scenario plays out over and over again as discarded beverage bottles, food wrappers, toys and other bits of plastic make their way from estuaries, seashores and uncontrolled landfills to…

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