The godfather of microplastics talks about the challenges of halting plastic pollution

Get the Full StoryWithout action, plastic production could triple by 2060.

Thirty years ago, while counting barnacles, limpets, and seaweeds along rocky shores, I started noticing a daily tide of litter, mostly plastic. As a marine biology PhD student at Liverpool University, I kept removing it, but the next day, there d be more.

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