Feb 13 - News Roundup of New Report on Ocean Plastic Pollution in Journal Science

A new report in the Journal Science shows huge increases in the amount of plastic pollutions in the world's oceans.

Californians Against Waste continues to fight to protect our state's first-in-the nation statewide ban on single-use plastic bags against an agressive campaign spending spree by big out-of-state plastic companies to repeal the law.

Here are just a few of the many articles on the report that are coming out of countries around the world:

• New York Times: Study Finds Rising Levels of Plastic in Oceans
• NPR: 8 Million Tons of Plastic Clutter Our Seas
• The Independent: Plastic waste in ocean to increase tenfold by 2020
• Newsweek: Eight Million Tons of Trash Added to Ocean From Land Each Year
• Washington Post: Humans are putting 8 million metric tons of plastic in the oceans — annually
• CNBC: Oceans fill with plastic—and it's hard to remove
• Toronto Star: Up to 13 million tonnes of plastic enters oceans each year, study finds