Scientists identify 5 huge gyres of "plastic soup" in oceans; plastic bags are a huge cont

"Disposable shopping bags are a significant source of plastic pollution in the oceans, where scientists have identified five huge gyres of 'plastic soup.'"

Rebecca Leisher, "Cities Take Up "Ban the Bag" Fight," Yes! Magazine. Winter 2012. 8. http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/the-yes-breakthrough-15/cities-take-up...

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