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A rat eats on the platform at the Herald Square subway station in New York City on July 4 2017. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Rat control starts with changing habits

Michael H. Parsons - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

What’s the value of a clean beach?

Timothy Haab - The Conversation
FILE-This Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 file photo shows a large pile of washed-up trash, including old plastic bags, sits alongside the Los Angeles River in Long Beach, Calif. On Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on imposing the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Josh Morgan,File) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Josh Morgan,File)

Finally, there are plastic ban bills

Valerie Vande Panne - Alternet
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Lindsay Abrams
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Litterbug? We'll take your car

Joanna Rothkopf
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