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WWU Research Team Trying to Unlock the Recycling Potential of Ocean Plastics
November 20, 2019
BELLINGHAM, Washington, Nov. 20 -- Western Washington University issued the following news release:

The forested coastlines of Afognak Island, part of Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago, seem at first glance to be pristine and unspoiled, the miles of deserted beaches being left mostly in the care of the island's brown bears and Roosevelt elk.

Sadly, that perception is far from accurate, due to the island's location along the North Pacific Gyre - an enormous ocea . . .

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