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Plastic pollution in the ocean is estimated to negatively impact more than 800 marine species. Annual plastic flows to the ocean are expected to increase from 11 million metric tons to 29 million metric ton per year by 2040 if business continues as usual. Today, just 13.6% of plastic containers and packaging generated in the U.S. is recycled, leaving the remainder to be landfilled or burned or to enter the environment. In the United States, corporations produce and sell more plastic packaging that ultimately becomes plastic waste than any other nation.
