EcoWatch: Weve been hearing for years about all the plastic that is going into our oceans, creating enormous gyres, washing up on beaches, threatening marine life and marine ecosystems in ways we dont even know yet. A study last year called Valuing Plastic by the Plastic Disclosure Project and Trucost, estimated plastic caused about $13 billion in damages to marine ecosystems each yearand noted that that estimate was probably low, given what we dont know yet.
Tracking all of that plastic, which ranges...