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Bridget Cevero of the Maritime Aquarium, left, and Annalisa Paltauf of Save the Sound, hold up the 35.75 pounds of trash collected by volunteers at the cleanup at Sherwood Island State Park last year.

Nobody wants plastic pollution. That doesn’t mean poorly considered and heavy-handed governmental actions are the solution. The primary concern regarding plastic pollution is ocean plastic pollution.

One of the best things you can do for the planet is avoid single-use plastic. Here are 16 tips to cut plastic out as much as you can… At the supermarket, skip produce bags – either put your fruits and ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

A new report from Zero Waste France says French municipalities could speed up single-use plastic reduction by making greater ...

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