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Marine Litter Program Offers Global Forum for Cooperation

Experts from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), part of the UK government, are working alongside colleagues in Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands to identify country-specific solutions to problems posed by marine litter, including reducing reliance on single-use plastics, improvements in waste management and developing more sustainable life cycles for plastics. In recent years, the serious issue

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Starbucks to Replace Single-Use Straws With New Plastic Strawless Lid Option

Starbucks Coffee Company announced it will eliminate single-use plastic straws from its more than 28,000 company operated and licensed stores by making a strawless lid or alternative-material straw options available around the world. Starbucks anticipates the move will eliminate more than one billion plastic straws per year from Starbucks stores. Starbucks has designed, developed and manufactured a strawless lid, which will

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