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9 Ways You Can Help Reduce Plastic Pollution - YouTube

Plastic Oceans International provides this video Infographic, offering 9 tips for how you can help reduce plastic pollution.

Plastic pollution - City to Sea - The issues with plastics

The stuff you use once and throw away – the stuff we've only recently become addicted to, but which now covers our beaches, rivers and floods our oceans. It's ...

Plastic Pollution - National Geographic Kids

Scientists think that 8.8 million tons of plastic winds up in the ocean every year—that's as if you stacked up five plastic grocery bags full of trash on top of ...

Plastics | Oceana

The Campaign. The oceans face a massive and growing threat from something you encounter every day: plastics. An estimated 33 billion pounds of plastic pollution ...

Why We Should Care About Plastic Pollution - Sea Smart

Have you ever heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? It's a giant floating mass of plastic waste brought together by various ocean ...

Investor Declaration on Plastic Pollution - As You Sow

Plastic ocean pollution, a component of marine litter, injures and kills marine life, spreads toxins, and poses a potential threat to human health.

Can We Actually Clean Up the Plastic Pollution Problem? | Season 9

Everywhere there's earth or ocean, we find plastic. Then you may have heard about giant accumulations of plastic waste, like the great ...

U.S. Actions to Address Plastic Pollution - State Department

An official website of the United States Government Here's how you know ... plastic pollution. The United States is already acting both ...

Plastic Pollution Around the World - Geneva Environment Network

A Glimpse on the Global Plastic Crisis. Our planet is drowning in plastic litter and microplastics. Plastic waste is now so ubiquitous in the natural ...

Great Lakes Plastic Pollution

Ways you can help · Refuse single-use plastic items & encourage reuse/refill. Remembering is the first step! Start a new habit: use refillable water bottles, ...

Plastic waste | Ocean Pollution - Marine Conservation Society

The key types of plastic pollution which affect our ocean are single-use plastics ... Find a beach clean near you. Search beach cleaning events · Contact us.

How does plastic get into the ocean? | IFAW

Learn how plastic pollution is threatening oceans and marine life, and how you can take steps to help.

8 Shocking Plastic Pollution Statistics to Know About - Earth.Org

In 10 year's time, we would have eaten five pounds of plastic and 44 pounds worth of plastics over the course of a lifetime. You might also like ...

This Earth Day, Plastic Pollution is Among the Planet's Biggest Threats

... you turn around to see what's going on, you notice a dump truck pouring plastic waste into the ocean. What do you do? How would this make you ...

Everyone knows plastic pollution is bad. Why is it so hard for ... - Vox

It's a feedback loop with dire consequences, based on emerging evidence: Microplastics may be associated with higher risk of dementia, heart ...

Plastic pollution - Greenpeace UK

Much of the UK's plastic waste is dumped and burned overseas, affecting people's health. ... Here are the plastic pollution facts you need to understand what's ...

How We Can Keep Plastics Out of Our Ocean | National Geographic

Plastic pollution poses one of the biggest known threats to the ocean, influencing all ecosystems from beautiful coral reefs to abyssal ...

How to reduce plastic waste? - Solar Impulse Foundation

Plastic pollution is caused by the accumulation of plastic waste in the environment. It can be categorized in primary plastics, such as cigarette butts and ...

How does plastic get into the sea and how to avoid it? - Iberdrola

Jambeck, researcher at the University of Georgia and one of the world's leading experts in oceanic plastic pollution. ... If you go shopping, remember to ...

12 easy ways to prevent plastic pollution - Practical Action

Here are a few ways you can reduce plastic consumption in your own household: 1. Consider cooking using raw ingredients if you can – it cuts down on both ...