Ocean Plastics

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Want to go plastic-free in 2024? Here’s the realistic way to cut out single-use plastic

Want to go plastic-free in 2024? Here’s the realistic way I’m cutting out single-use plastic Grove Collaborative Co-Founder Stuart Landesberg argues that going 100% plastic-free is hard, but living 50% plastic free doesn't have to be.

An estimated 33 billion pounds of the world's plastic trash enters the oceans every year, according to the nonprofit conservation group Oceana, eventually breaking down into tiny fragments. A 2020 study found 1.9 million microplastic pieces in an area of about 11 square feet in the Mediterranean Sea. ...

Billions of pounds of microplastics are entering the oceans every year. Researchers are trying to understand their impact. A recent study estimates there are now 170 trillion pieces of plastic in the ocean.