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Date of Publication: October 30
Year of Publication: 2020
Publication City: New York, N.Y.
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Author(s): Veronica Penney
The United States is using more plastic than ever, and waste exported for recycling is often mishandled, according to a new study.
The United States contribution to coastal plastic pollution worldwide is significantly larger than previously thought, possibly by as much as five times, according to a study published Friday.
The research, published in Science Advances, is the sequel to a 2015 paper by the same authors. Two factors contributed to the sharp increase: Americans are using more plastic than ever and the current study included pollution generated by United States exports of plastic waste, while the earlier one did not.
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