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The agency is moving toward resurrecting a proposal from the first Trump administration to ditch Clean Air Act regulations.
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EcoSuperior shared its experiences using trash traps to engage, educate and empower locals to take action on plastic ...
A sweeping new analysis connects two of the planet's most pressing environmental crises, revealing that pervasive ...
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Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...

Is It Plastic?

a list of common materials to test your knowledge of plastic, and to marvel at the scale of the plastic pollution crisis ...
Nurdles, the building blocks of many plastic products, pose a significant threat to marine life and ecosystems when lost ...