As the summer comes to a close, many of us will be making one final trip to the beach. But for Americans from shore to shore, those visits to our coastlines have changed over the years.
Whether going for a morning walk on the beach or building a sandcastle with your children, it’s hard not to come face-to-face with the plastic pollution crisis plaguing our marine environment. On Cape Cod, where I live, empty plastic water bottles can, unfortunately, be as ubiquitous as the sand.
Campaigns like Plastic Free July and the upcoming World Cleanup Day have helped increase awareness of the adverse impact of plastic pollution. And more than ever, consumers are poised to act.
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