Ocean Plastic: What You Need to Know

Ocean-bound plastic is plastic waste that is headed toward our oceans. The term "Ocean bound plastic," was popularized by Jenna Jambeck, Ph. D., a professor from the University of Georgia. In 2015, she detailed in an article written in Science that although the majority of everything discarded, plastic or not, is not headed for...

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