Bike Tour Exposes How Plastic Pollution is Destroying our Planet

EcoWatch: Today, the 5 Gyres Institute launched the Last Straw Plastic Pollution Solutions Outreach Tour, a 1,400 mile bicycle tour along the East Coast of the U.S. to educate the public on marine plastic pollution, conduct beach and watershed cleanups, and give evening presentations to the public. Presentations will share their expeditions to all five major oceans studying plastic pollution in the oceanic Gyres or "garbage patches," and will engage audiences in realistic solutions. In 2011, 5 Gyres completed...

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