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More than 300 million tons of plastic are produced in the U.S. each year, with 14 million of them ending up in the ocean, according to the Department of Interior.
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New York is the latest, and largest, state to consider charging product-makers to dispose of their packaging. But lawmakers are clashing over how much to involve industry in creating a new system.
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Tiny plastic debris — some so small you can't see it — has previously been found in human blood, excrement and in the depths of the ocean.
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The first step in cutting back on plastic is understanding what you're using and how much of it. Do an audit of the plastics in your home to get a sense of how much plastic you use.
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A group of scientists used chemistry to convert the powerful greenhouse gas methane into safer chemicals that serve as the base for some plastics.
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In the next decade, plastic will emit more climate-changing greenhouse gases than coal-fired power plants, according to the report.
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The benefits of the change will be equivalent to more than 650,000 people not using any plastic for a year, the company said.
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Oil and gas companies make enough pellets each year to fill a stadium several times over. The oil industry has long known it has a pellet pollution problem, but that's not what it told the public.
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An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.
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Manufacturers, lawmakers and grocery store workers say the reusable bags could transmit the virus, but according to scientists there aren't enough studies to know whether that's true.