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Science has a garbage problem

Simone Eizagirre - Massive Science
White plastic bag caught up in branches and billowing in the breeze. Plastic bags are wind-distributed, which explains why they are widespread in the London (UK) countryside. (Getty Images/Whiteway)

Hope for a plastic-free world

Nicole Karlis
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Citizen science helps fill in the gaps

Tony Robert Walker - The Conversation
Bridges spanning across the Ohio River are seen between West Virginia and Ohio, seen from Parkersburg, West Virginia on October 27, 2017. US President Donald Trump may not be short of critics in Washington, DC but supporters in the US heartland who helped propel Donald Trump to the White House say his tumultous presidency is a welcome break from business as usual and is already delivering on his pledge to reverse their declining fortunes. / AFP PHOTO / Ivan Couronne (Photo credit should read IVAN COURONNE/AFP/Getty Images) (Ivan Couronne/Afp/Getty Images)

West Virginia bets big on plastics

Keith Schneider - ProPublica
Plastic garbage lying on the Aegean sea beach near Athens on June 26, 2018 , Greece. (Getty/Milos Bicanski)

How plastic is destroying Earth

Nicole Karlis
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Plastic is probably harming your health

Robin Scher - Independent Media Institute
FILE-In this file photo taken Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, a plastic shopping bag liters the roadside in Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 imposing the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (AP)

Amber Wang
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Single-package plastic public enemy No.1

Sylvain Charlebois - The Conversation
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Almost all seabirds ingest plastic now

Lorraine Chow - Independent Media Institute
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How silicone took over our kitchens

Kiersten Muenchinger - The Conversation
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Sea turtles offer dire warning

Dahr Jamail - Truthout
Ekoplaza’s plastic-free aisle. (Ewout Huibers/Civil Eats)

A zero-waste grocery grows in Brooklyn

Cathy Erway - Civil Eats
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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homeless are screwed

Anna Sanford - Alternet

Asha Parker
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Is "BPA-free" safe?

Lindsay Abrams
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Salon Staff
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Plastic waste should be banned

Lindsay Abrams

ANNIE LEONARD - Earth Island Journal
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Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams

Elizabeth Royte
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Patrick Collinson - The Guardian
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