PRI: As the world grapples with plastic, the US makes more of it — a lot more

As part of it's "Pushing plastics" series about the battle over plastics, PRI & the Center for Public Integrity publish a stunning piece on plastics and their future production.

"Jace Tunnell shuffled forward near the water’s edge, head bent. He was hunting for something that shouldn’t be on this beach near Corpus Christi, and he kept finding it. Hidden in the sand — white, tan, nearly translucent — were tiny plastic pellets." Read more...