Plastic superhighway: the awful truth of our hidden ocean waste
Jun 17 2020

Plastic superhighway: the awful truth of our hidden ocean waste

June 16, 2020 Adapted from The Imperilled Ocean by Laura Trethewey, published by Goose Lane Editions We called the competition Who Found the Weirdest Thing? So far, the entries that day were a motorcycle helmet, a lithium battery covered with scary stickers asking that we return it to the military, and a toy dinosaur. The…

Sep 09 2016

Plastics in Our Oceans

  by Kimberly Amaral Strolling through the average supermarket, shoppers find literally hundreds (if not thousands) of items to make their lives easier. Individually wrapped snack cakes, plastic baggies to store sandwiches for lunch, unbreakable soda bottles, and disposable razors, diapers, and shampoo bottles. Unless specifically requested, even the bags we use to carry home…

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