10,000 metric tons of plastic debris enter Great Lakes every year – study

A staggering 10,000 metric tons of plastic waste enters the Great Lakes every year, according to a new study. Most of the pollution is hosted by Lake Michigan, which has enough waste to fill 100 Olympic-sized pools with plastic bottles. The study, conducted by Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), used the population dynamics up to … Continue reading 10,000 metric tons of plastic debris enter Great Lakes every year – study