Plastic straw ban? Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean trash

Cigarette butts have long been the single most collected item on the world’s beaches, with a total of more than 60 million collected over 32 years

Environmentalists have taken aim at the targets systematically, seeking to eliminate or rein in big sources of ocean pollution —…

Full text: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/plastic-straw-ban-cigarette-butts-are-single-greatest-source-ocean-n903661

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nbcnews.com, 2019-08-28.

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Ocean Conservancy
San Diego State University

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