Scientists Want Certain Plastics Labeled ‘Hazardous’

February 17th, 2013 - Jill Ettinger

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Reclassifying certain plastics as ‘hazardous’ could help reduce the amount of plastic ending up in landfills and the ocean each year reports a new paper appearing in the journal Nature.

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Pacific Ocean Plastic Problem Way Worse Than Believed, New Study Finds

May 7th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

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New research published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters suggests current estimates on the amount of plastic pollution accumulating in the Pacific ocean are likely much lower than what’s really building up.

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