Plastic Waste
This 2018 photo provided by researcher Jenna Jambeck shows plastic baled for shipment at a materials recovery facility in the United States. According to a study released on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, more than a million tons a year of America’s plastic trash isn’t ending up where it should. The equivalent of as many as 1,300 plastic grocery bags per person is landing in places such as oceans and roadways. (Jenna Jambeck via AP)