To address the growing issue of microplastics in the Great Lakes, we need to curb our consumption

The Conversation – Canada

In the Great Lakes, plastic pollution along the shorelines poses a major challenge: 86 per cent of litter collected on Great Lakes beaches is either partially or completely composed of plastic. This is worrisome, given the lakes supply 40 million people with drinking water and represent a combined GDP of US$6 trillion. Click here to read the story.

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To address the growing issue of microplastics in the Great Lakes, we need to curb our consumption

To address the growing issue of microplastics in the Great Lakes, we need to curb our consumption

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