University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute: Plastic-Free Program Targets Milwaukee
March 09, 2021
March 09, 2021
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute issued the following news release:
The statistics are daunting: 93% of water bottled in the Great Lakes region contains microplastics. 85% of trash found on Great Lakes beaches is plastic. 21.8 million pounds of plastics enter the Great Lakes each year.
Strolling through her Milwaukee community, Wisconsin Sea Grant's Social Science Outreach Specialist Deidre Peroff said the plas . . .
The statistics are daunting: 93% of water bottled in the Great Lakes region contains microplastics. 85% of trash found on Great Lakes beaches is plastic. 21.8 million pounds of plastics enter the Great Lakes each year.
Strolling through her Milwaukee community, Wisconsin Sea Grant's Social Science Outreach Specialist Deidre Peroff said the plas . . .