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In some countries, people face jail time for using plastic bags. Here are all the places that have banned plastic bags and straws so far.
Climate Change, Dead Zones
In Ancient Oceans That Resembled Our Own, Mass Extinction Was Triggered By Oxygen Loss
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A Troubling Discovery in the Deepest Ocean Trenches In the Mariana Trench, the lowest point in any ocean, every tiny animal tested had plastic pollution hiding in its gut.
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Acidification
The Ocean Is Running Out of Breath, Scientists Warn Widespread and sometimes drastic marine oxygen declines are stressing sensitive species—a trend that will continue with climate change
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The major source of ocean plastic pollution you’ve probably never heard of
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The World’s Biggest Brands Want You to Refill Your Orange Juice and Deodorant. P&G, Nestlé and others try to curb plastic waste; Tropicana in glass bottles, Tide in metal cans
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Industry group seeks to maintain single-use plastic status quo
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Plastic in the ocean: Plastic producers team up and pledge $1bn to combat the plastic problem
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Recycling is not enough. Zero-packaging stores show we can kick our plastic addiction
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To get to a circular economy we have to change not just the cup, but the culture
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The answer to plastic pollution is to not create waste in the first place
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Microplastics found to permeate the ocean’s deepest points
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Initiative launches to unite superyacht industry against single-use plastics
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Climate Change
Oceans Have Absorbed 60% More Heat Than Scientists Thought
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Isn’t What You Think it Is
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Microplastics found in 90 percent of table salt
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Single-use plastics ban approved by European Parliament
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Straw bans won't fix the plastic problem, but something else can
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Ocean Plastic Cleanup Project Is Better News Than You Might Think
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Fleets Of Wasteshark 'Aquadrones' Could Be Cleaning Ocean Waste In The Future
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Can Norway help us solve the plastic crisis, one bottle at a time?
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ASU scientists report 1st nationwide study showing environmental costs of lenses
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Plastics Emit Greenhouse Gases as They Degrade
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We’re Literally Eating and Drinking Plastic. Fossil Fuels Are To Blame.
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Acidification
Ocean acidification to hit levels not seen in 14 million years
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PLANET OR PLASTIC? How India’s Fishermen Turn Ocean Plastic Into Roads
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Destruction of habitat
IMPACTS OF SUNSCREENS ON CORAL REEFS
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Girl Scout Convinces Alaska Airlines to Bump Plastic Straws Off All Flights
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Galapagos Restricts Single-Use Plastics for Earth Day 2018
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Edinburgh inventor creates biodegradable water bottle to fight plastic problem
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A Scottish entrepreneur has developed a new eco-friendly bottle that could help combat the growing mountain of plastic litter entering the world’s oceans.

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