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as trash flying out of vehicles or thrown onto streets often ended up in creeks and rivers after storms through drainage systems. “Plastic pollution is a local and global issue,” Whiteside said.

floating snake-like divider across the United States' portion of the Tijuana River, which will collect garbage as part of ongoing efforts to reduce pollution in the South Bay. The floating trash ...

(WKRN) — In just one day of cleanup on the Cumberland River, volunteers helped ... along the Cumberland has also polluted the water with trash, although he pointed the blame largely on tourism ...

“There must be a stop to the dumping of garbage into the rivers,” he added. However, Ling also said the water quality at five rivers, which were among 14 rivers identified as polluted in ...

The natural ecosystem of the Khowai river is ... and rampant garbage dumping. This unchecked human activity is altering the riverbed, leading to significant water pollution and riverbank erosion ...