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PBS News Hour

Nebraska company helps fight plastic pollution in oceans

Episode 361 | 3m 51s

A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners predicts that plastic pollution will more than double over the next 15 years — the equivalent of dumping nearly a garbage truck full of plastic waste every second. Hundreds of miles from any ocean, an innovative U.S. company wants to turn plastic pollution into something constructive. Kassidy Arena of PBS Nebraska reports.

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