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On today's Stateside, you've probably seen pictures of plastic pollution in the ocean forming giant islands or entrapping sea animals. But what happens…
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There's a scene in the 1967 film The Graduate where a well-meaning friend of the family pulls Dustin Hoffman's character aside at his graduation party,…
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Plastic pollution is all around us, from grocery bags that aren’t properly recycled to islands of plastic floating in the oceans. An industrial designer…
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Local bans on plastic grocery bags wouldn't be permitted, under a bill in the state Senate.The bill would block local ordinances that regulate bags,…
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Material that repairs itself after being shot? Sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but what practical applications could this have? Researchers…
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There’s plastic trash in every one of the Great Lakes.That plastic includes junk people leave at the beach, microbeads from consumer products such as…
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A research expedition recently set sail from Chicago to search for a Great Lakes garbage patch.So-called "garbage patches" or islands are actually…
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Car companies like Ford Motor Company aren't above using gimmicks if it will get reporters to notice something they're doing.Sometimes it works, sometimes…