Today starts a month in which conservation activists plan to bang the drum for eradicating global plastic pollution.Welcome to "Plastic Free July."The goal is get people to shun single-use plastic, and — more important — to get industry and lawmakers to stepup."Consumers alone can't fix the plastic pollution crisis," said Christy Leavitt, plastics campaign director for Oceana.With 17.6 billion pounds of plastic entering the ocean every year, a load expected to double by 2025, Leavitt saidturning the tide on plastics will require companies to reduce production of single-use plastic and to provide plasticfreechoices. Lawmakers can help by enacting policies to ensure corporate action.
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