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Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the US is the top source – a new report urges action

  • Written by Matthew Savoca, Postdoctoral researcher, Stanford University
imagePlastic debris on a beach on Lanai, a sparsely populated Hawaiian island.Matthew Koller, CC BY-ND

Plastic waste of all shapes and sizes permeates the world’s oceans. It shows up on beaches, in fish and even in Arctic sea ice. And a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine makes clear that the U.S. is a big...

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