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Plastics 101: Blue Economy Opportunities and Considerations to Reduce Ocean Plastics
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Plastics treaty negotiators must have access to the latest science: Global Plastics Summit
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Building sustainable waste-management systems to combat plastic pollution
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Corporate Climate Commitments Miss on Plastics, Ocean Group Says
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Celebrating Plastic Free July: 5 Tips from the IO Team
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Can we ethically reduce the amount of plastic in our ocean by keeping it in our economy?
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News Spotlight: Just How Big Is The Ocean Plastic Problem?
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World must ‘work as one’ to end plastic pollution: Guterres
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Opinion: Reducing Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans Is Simpler Than You Think
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New Innovation Alliance Calls For Pragmatic Global Plastics Treaty
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Plant-based seafood and plastic-eating insects among EIT Food’s Marketed Innovation Prize winners
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Winners Of The Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize Are All Using Seaweed
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Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize Winners Announced
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More than 170 trillion plastic particles found in the ocean as pollution reaches ‘unprecedented’ levels
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COP27: Key Takeaways and What’s Next
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How Trade Can Help End Plastic Pollution
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How Ocean Data Innovation Is Changing How We See The Sea
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Greenpeace Report: ‘Most Plastic Is Just Not Recyclable’
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Greenpeace Report: ‘Most Plastic Is Just Not Recyclable’
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Hofseth Biocare Sees Stars Starting to Align for Upcycled Ingredients
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Solving the Plastic Crisis Through Community Empowerment
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Indigenous-Led Solutions Essential to Reversing Plastic Pollution, Researchers Say
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UNDP launches second cohort of Ocean Innovators
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New Wood Chip Carrier Will Collect Ocean Microplastics
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5 innovators adding value to plastic waste and improving working conditions
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Plastic pollution: These are the top emitters of microplastics in our oceans
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So much plastic pours into the sea every year that species are now endemic to it.
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Ocean plastic pollution: investing for social and financial returns
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Turning the Tide on Ocean Plastics by Using Waste as a Resource
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Our waste is valuable: how one company is creating a circular economy for plastics
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Plastitar: mix of tar and microplastics is new form of pollution, say scientists
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World Oceans Day: Biden Admin Announces National Parks’ Plastic Phaseout, New Marine Sanctuary
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Which priorities should a global plastic pollution treaty focus on? 5 leaders weigh in
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Lampposts, rings, cameras: over 25,000 pounds of junk cleared from Lake Tahoe
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U.S. plastic recycling rate drops to close to 5%
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Can brands make reusable packaging more attractive than single-use plastic? NFTs could be the answer
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UN ocean treaty is ‘once in a lifetime’ chance to protect the high seas
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This is how to ensure sustainable alternatives to plastic
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Historic day in the campaign to beat plastic pollution
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The Plastic in Paint Is Massively Polluting the Ocean
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Plastic pollution is growing relentlessly as waste management and recycling fall short, says OECD
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Ocean plastic pollution threatens marine extinction says new study
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The war on plastics, 2022: A change of climate
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Paint Is The Largest Source Of Microplastics In The Ocean, Study Finds
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‘Nurdles are everywhere’: how plastic pellets ravaged a Sri Lankan paradise
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There are even nanoplastics at the North and South Poles - and they’re a bigger problem than we thought
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Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists
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How scientific research can enable stricter plastic pollution laws
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We know plastic pollution is bad – but how exactly is it linked to climate change?
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Meet Mr Trash Wheel – and the other new devices that eat river plastic
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Companies race to stem flood of microplastic fibres into the oceans
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Heading Towards a Global Plastic Treaty?
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Insight Hour: Plastics and circularity—closing the plastic loop
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Coastal species are forming colonies on plastic trash in the ocean, study finds
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Plastic is Even Worse for the Environment than We Thought
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Recycled regatta: world heritage site highlights plastic pollution crisis
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Reframing tourism to address plastic pollution
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Nurdles: the worst toxic waste you’ve probably never heard of
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Plastic pollution on course to double by 2030
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6 reasons to blame plastic pollution for climate change
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How plastic and chemical pollution contribute to the climate crisis
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Nearly 29,000 Tons of COVID Plastic Now Floats in the Oceans, Study Finds
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Maui Launches Stainless-Steel, Zero-Waste To-Go Container Program
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US plastics to outstrip coal’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, study finds
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‘The cusp of a reuse revolution’: startups take the waste out of takeout
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These Maldives islanders once saw sharks as the threat. Now they fear the plastic
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People want to do right by nature. They just need a nudge, study shows
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Research reveals how much plastic debris is currently floating in the Mediterranean Sea
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Spain to Ban Plastic Wrap for Fruits and Veggies
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Reduce, reuse, compost: Why recycling alone won’t solve the plastic crisis
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Investing in plastic waste can reap rich rewards
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We analysed data from 29,798 clean-ups around the world to uncover some of the worst litter hotspots
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What Is the Environmental Cost of Bottled Water?
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This is how New Zealand is tackling plastic pollution
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Reusable containers aren’t always better for the environment than disposable ones - new research
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Reusable containers aren’t always better for the environment than disposable ones - new research
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If We Want to Fix the Plastic Waste Crisis, We Need to Fix Our Data
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How a 'trash-to-treasure' mentality can change plastic waste
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Can We Fix Recycling? Some Companies Are Trying
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Welcome to the ‘plastisphere’: the synthetic ecosystem evolving at sea
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From Pollution to Performance Wear: Fair-Trade Clothes Made From 100% Ocean Plastic
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Covid-19 worsened the single-use plastics problem. Here’s why it could also fuel solutions
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Innovations in reusable packaging need a playbook. Here's why
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The ocean is full of tiny plastic particles – we found a way to track them with satellites
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Life in plastic: The journey of plastic from origin to ocean
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Hidden Microplastics in the Fabrics of our Lives
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Breathing life into plastic waste
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Call for global treaty to end production of ‘virgin’ plastic by 2040
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A ‘dating site’ with a difference that’s pairing waste with recycling opportunities
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8 amazing solutions to stop plastic flowing into the world’s oceans
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How to boost collaboration to curb plastic pollution in emerging markets
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Plastic rafting: the invasive species hitching a ride on ocean litter
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This architecture firm makes houses from plastic in the seas
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Plastic Pollution Raises Beach Temperatures, Threatening Marine Life, Study Finds
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Conservationists urge regulation to cut plastic pollution as voluntary scheme launches
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Decoding Ocean Plastic for Brands: Small Details, Big Impacts
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Better product design and recycling can curb plastic waste
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The Recycling Industry in America Is Broken
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4 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution
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Eliminating microplastics in wastewater directly at the source
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Sir David Attenborough Backs New Tech That Can Recycle All Plastics
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New surveys reveal heightened concern about ocean pollution
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Plastic pollution disproportionately hitting marginalized groups, UN environment report finds
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Could plastic roads make for a smoother ride?
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Artificial intelligence software detects ocean plastics from the air
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The future of the plastics industry is green
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U.S. Continues to Ship Illegal Plastic Waste to Developing Countries
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Plastic bags recycled into fabric to fight pollution
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Where does plastic pollution go when it enters the ocean?
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6 environmental documentaries we all need to see
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How Paving with Plastic Could Make a Dent in the Global Waste Problem
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California Lawmakers Propose Package of New Laws Tackling Plastic Waste Reduction
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New algorithm can analyse plastic pollution in the ocean
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How Can Governments and Economies Prevent Ghost Gear?
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5 Not-So-Fun Facts About Plastics in the Arctic
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As Plastic Pollution in Rivers Gets Worse, Species Are Increasingly Living on Litter
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Coca-Cola company trials first paper bottle
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Is It Possible to Forever Rid the World of Single-Use Plastic Bags?
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MARLIT, an artificial intelligence-based app to study floating marine macro-litter
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How can investors help create a plastics economy that works? Event roundup
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Recycling Myth of the Month: Plastic waste is not just a 'developing country problem'
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Industry endorses plan to recycle 70% of plastic packaging globally
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New Plastics Economy report offers blueprint to design a circular future for plastics
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Bold solutions needed to end marine plastic pollution
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Progress on circular economy required to address plastic pollution
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Blue Vision? Progress by the G20 on marine plastic pollution
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The Plastic Pandemic
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Repurposed: Adding value to aquaculture via recycling
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New rules to tackle ‘wild west’ of plastic waste dumped on poorer countries
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550 Groups Ask Biden to Solve Plastic Pollution Crisis With Eight Executive Actions
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Seaweed based feed could see methane emissions from cows reduced
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Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution Gains Momentum
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IUCN Issues Brief: Marine plastics
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Why Plastic Pollution Is a Producer Responsibility
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Plastic Is Everywhere—Except The One Place It Should Be
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Plastic Is Everywhere—Except The One Place It Should Be
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Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy
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A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required
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Peak Plastics: Bending the Consumption Curve
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Plastic Waste Makers Index
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The Tide Turns Toward Renewable Aquaculture Gear
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Association of zoonotic protozoan parasites with microplastics in seawater and implications for human and wildlife health
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Our Ocean Is Choking on Plastic—But It’s a Problem We Can Solve
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Connecting the Dots: Plastic Pollution and the Planetary Emergency
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Plastic Drawdown: A rapid assessment tool for developing national responses to plastic pollution when data availability is limited, as demonstrated in the Maldives
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Impacts of Plastic Pollution in the Oceans, on Marine Species, Biodiversity and Ecosystems
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As world drowns in plastic waste, U.N. to hammer out global treaty
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Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emission plastics by a circular carbon economy
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Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste
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Emergence of a neopelagic community through the establishment of coastal species on the high seas
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Growing environmental footprint of plastics driven by coal combustion
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From Pollution to Solution: a global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution
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Plastic waste release caused by COVID-19 and its fate in the global ocean
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Oil companies are ploughing money into fossil-fuelled plastics production at a record rate – new research
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The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change
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Modeling the Pathways and Accumulation Patterns of Micro- and Macro-Plastics in the Mediterranean
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Paint particles in the marine environment
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Global assessment of innovative solutions to tackle marine litter
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Toward the Detection and Imaging of Ocean Microplastics With a Spaceborne Radar
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Together Is Better: The Rumen Microbial Community as Biological Toolbox for Degradation of Synthetic Polyesters
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Ocean Plastic: What You Need to Know
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Plastic ingestion by marine fish is widespread and increasing
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3,000 Shipping Containers Fell Into the Pacific Ocean Last Winter
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Microplastics are everywhere — but are they harmful?
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Anthropogenic pollution in deep-marine sedimentary systems -- A geological perspective on the plastic problem
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More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean
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Pandemic Pollution: The Rising Tide of Plastic PPE
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Water pollution by plastics and microplastics: A review of technical solutions from source to sea
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Finding Plastic Patches in Coastal Waters using Optical Satellite Data
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The New Plastics Economy: Catalysing action
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The United States Federal Strategy for Addressing the Global Issue of Marine Litter
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Measuring Our Success: How Better Data Can Help Keep Plastic Out of the Ocean
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A Sea of Plastics Claims and Credits: Steering Stakeholders Towards Impact
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The Plastics Landscape: The Challenges and Possible Solutions
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River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans
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China’s plastic import ban increases prospects of environmental impact mitigation of plastic waste trade flow worldwide
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Plastics 101: Blue Economy Opportunities and Considerations to Reduce Ocean Plastics
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Navigating Plastic Alternatives In a Circular Economy
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The global biological microplastic particle sink
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Breaking the Plastic Wave: A Comprehensive Assessment of Pathways Towards Stopping Ocean Plastic Pollution
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Airborne microplastic particles detected in the remote marine atmosphere
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Addressing Marine Plastics: A Systemic Approach – Recommendations for Actions
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Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made
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Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution
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Motivating actions to mitigate plastic pollution
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Message in a bottle: Open source technology to track the movement of plastic pollution
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Plastic pollution is killing marine megafauna, but how do we prioritize policies to reduce mortality?
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