these petrochemical plants spew air and water pollution into neighborhoods. More than 30 plastic plants are in the pipeline, from the Ohio River Valley to the Gulf Coast. These plastic-making ...

"The pollution is present ... rivers -- the Yellow River, Yangtze, Mekong, Ganges, Nile, Niger, Indus, Amur, Pearl and Hai -- which irrigate countries where most plastic is produced or plastic ...

Over 22 million pounds of plastic pollution ends up in the Great Lakes every year, according to the Rochester Institute of Technology. With the Red Cedar River flowing into the Grand River and the ...

This means a river like the Seine carries 900 particles ... By exposing mussels – which are formidable pollution filters – to plastic pellets found on riverbanks, researchers demonstrated ...

However, the Costa Rica’s 2021 goal to ban single-use plastics has been hindered by low recycling rates—less than 10% of plastic waste is recycled in the region—and inadequate waste management ...