Mississippi River cities join project to map plastic litter

Friday, March 5, 2021

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a global system to determine where plastic pollution comes from and how it ends up in waterways as a first step toward solving the problem, officials said Wednesday.

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