October 29, 2020
Single use plastics make up 50% of trash in California, and plastic urban runoff is the primary source of marine debris in the Los Angeles and San Gabriel River watersheds, according to the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. (Photo courtesy of NOAA)
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The ugly truth was laid bare when an international team of researchers ran their final model on plastic pollution in the Pacific. The results would reveal just how much the world would have to reduce plastic waste to prevent more than 8 million metric tons from entering the oceans, lakes and rivers every year – and whether that was even possible.
By Alison Cutler, Cronkite News
October 29, 2020
