Cleaning Up Pristine Beaches Means Spotting Plastic Trash From Space

(Bloomberg) — Plastics are ubiquitous in natural systems, and tiny pieces of the material have been found everywhere from the Arctic to the Mariana Trench. To test a theory that satellites could help detect the waste on beaches, Jenna Guffogg hauled discarded scraps from a clam-shell child’s pool, bubble wrap, single-use PET bottles and a blue polyester tarp to her local seashore in Australia. Read More

Cleaning Up Pristine Beaches Means Spotting Plastic Trash From Space

Cleaning Up Pristine Beaches Means Spotting Plastic Trash From Space

Cleaning Up Pristine Beaches Means Spotting Plastic Trash From Space

Cleaning Up Pristine Beaches Means Spotting Plastic Trash From Space

Cleaning Up Pristine Beaches Means Spotting Plastic Trash From Space