This article originally appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of Plastics Recycling Update. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   For well over a decade there has been a steady stream of information and concern over the plastic gyres and marine debris in the ocean. But the issue took a significant turn in 2015. That’s when the academic journal Science...

This article originally appeared in the December 2018 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   For well over a decade, there has been a steady stream of information and concern over the plastic gyres and marine debris in the ocean. But the issue took a significant turn in 2015. That’s when the academic journal Science published...