Trash talk: 269,000 tons of plastic litter choke world's oceans
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 - 19:30
in Earth & Climate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There are plastic shopping bags, bottles, toys, action figures, bottle caps, pacifiers, tooth brushes, boots, buckets, deodorant roller balls, umbrella handles, fishing gear, toilet seats and so much more. Plastic pollution is pervasive in Earth's oceans.