Environmental engineer and National Geographic ... plastic waste with being a busy mom trying to raise a family of waste warriors. NAT GEO FAMILY: How do you talk to your kids about plastic pollution?

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a boat off Costa Rica, a biologist uses pliers from a Swiss army knife to try to extract a plastic straw from a ...