Recycling is not the solution to the plastic pollution crisis
By Catherine Uden, Oceana An abundance of natural gas from fracking is stimulating an effort by the petrochemical industry to increase plastic production and use....
Producing plastic products generates an enormous amount of greenhouse gas emissions
By Catherine Uden, Oceana An estimated 17.6 billion pounds of plastic leak into the marine environment from land-based sources every year. This is...
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