Plastic Litter Pollution
New policies are needed to deal with the increasing amount of plastic litter polluting our ocean.
The problem of plastic litter is only growing. Plastic is the fastest-growing component of the waste stream. And because plastic essentially never biodegrades, once littered, plastic becomes a permanent environmental problem.
The solution is clear: highly-littered plastic items like plastic bags and polystyrene food packaging need to be banned. Everyone should reduce their use of disposable packaging. And what packaging that remains should be recycled through the bottle bill model.
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