Plastic is everywhere: In your home, your office, your school — and your ocean. Among the top 10 kinds of trash picked up during the 2017 International Coastal Cleanup were food wrappers, beverage bottles, grocery bags, straws, and take out containers, all made of plastic.| oceanservice.noaa.gov
A number of organizations are attempting to clean up the water, but solving the problem of ocean plastic pollution will also require big changes on land.| State of the Planet