The U.S. Virgin Islands government says it's facing a "dire" plastic waste problem, in part due to pollution from Pepsi and ...

Every year, around 200 billion of these bottles are produced worldwide, and sadly most of them end up in landfills. In the U.S. alone, about 4 to 5 billion plastic pill bottles are thrown away ...

The first Interceptor barges were deployed in Asian rivers ... of 70% intercepted plastic river waste and 30% recycled plastic bottles and "other sources" instead of vinyl. As we noted in our ...

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Recycling is also "particularly difficult and expensive" because barges must be ... such as soda bottles, straws and coffee stirrers, according to Plastic Free Challenge. Once these items are ...