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‘It’s Raining Plastic’: Researchers Find Microscopic Fibers in Colorado Rain Samples
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“We’re seeing plastics virtually everywhere we look,” U.S. Geological Survey researcher says.
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Vietnam’s Tourism and Fishing Industries Drown in Waste
Plastic pollution, largely from Asia, chokes the world’s oceans.
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Seattle University Bans Bottled Water on Campus
The university joins a nationwide movement to promote tap water over bottled water.
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Q&A: Mission Plastiki—Catching Wind, Storing Rain: David de Rothschild’s Quest for Pacific Plastic
Following the Plastiki's journey 11,000 miles through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch--a Texas-sized gyre of plastic litter.
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Eco-Explorer David de Rothschild Begins Trans-Pacific Journey on Catamaran of Plastic — the Plastiki
David de Rothschild's Plastiki voyage and vessel are designed to redefine global use, and reuse, of plastic.
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Alternative Adventure: Eco-explorer David De Rothschild to Travel the Pacific in Plastic Ship
After traversing Antarctica in 2004 and spending more than 100 days crossing the Arctic in 2006, in mid-November British adventurer and ecologist David de Rothschild will hoist sail across the Pacific Ocean on a boat made of plastic, or what he calls “the dumbest” product on the planet.
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