WDTN

Dayton STEM students tackle plastic pollution with innovation

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Students at Dayton Regional STEM School in Kettering are working to design a solution to plastic pollution in rivers. The nine students are members of the “Brick Busters,” which ...
Wall Street Journal

Ocean Plastic Is Getting Worse and Efforts to Stem the Tide Fall Short, Study Finds

The amount of plastic flowing into the world’s oceans is set to surge and businesses’ efforts to reduce plastic waste will do little to stop it, according to a new study in the journal Science. The ...
Reuters

FACTBOX-The world's rising tide of plastic pollution - and how to stem it

ROME, July 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From straws and bags to cups and swabs, the amount of plastic waste in the ocean is expected to triple over the next two decades, threatening the health of ...
The Hill

US needs a national action plan to stem the tide of plastic pollution

Lightweight, durable, versatile and relatively cheap to make — plastic seemed like a miracle. In 1950, global production was near zero, but by 2019 manufacturers worldwide were churning out about 460 ...