Plastics and the Environment

The Great Lakes are awash in plastic. Can robots and drones help?

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Microplastics have been found in samples from all 29 of the Great Lakes’ river tributaries. Image: GreenBiz

Elsa Wenzel
Senior Editor, GreenBiz
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Plastic collected by the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup since 2020 Image: GreenBiz

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