This means more plastic in our oceans, more greenhouse gas emissions and more toxic air pollution, which exacerbates the climate crisis that often disproportionately affects communities of color.

In addition to the swelling problem of plastic waste, these petrochemical plants spew air and water pollution into neighborhoods ... oceans with nasty chemicals that can be toxic to aquatic animals ...

Hermit crabs are omnivorous scavengers, eating microscopic mussels and clams, bits of dead animals ... Plastic pollution is also a problem for hermit crabs, which often mistake a plastic bottle ...

Why is plastic pollution a problem? Plastic pollution is the most visible example of the havoc we’re causing to our planet. From our local beaches to the remote Arctic, it is choking our oceans and ...