While plastic is convenient, durable, and cheap, 50% of all
plastics (about 150 million tons every year, worldwide)
are used only once and then thrown away. Even for those who
dutifully recycle our plastic water bottles and sandwich bags,
we’re only tackling a small part of the problem. That’s because
heavy winds and rain carry huge amounts of plastic waste along city
streets and into the stormwater system, where it likely flows
directly into creeks, rivers, bays, and...