Ocean Legacy Foundation's Kathryn Anderson discusses the massive amounts of plastic within our oceans and the launch of the foundation's new EPIC Academy. This is a free online educational program that provides individuals, businesses and organizations essential knowledge regarding plastic pollution, cleanup efforts and solutions for creating plastic-free lands and waters.
Ocean Legacy Foundation offering new free program on plastic use reduction
![In addition to large plastic trash, researchers estimate that more than 21 million metric tons of tiny plastic debris are floating below the Atlantic Ocean's surface.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b645392/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5259x3940+0+0/resize/880x659!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F08%2F20%2Fsciencesource_ss2469784-c88fb906d5e00e5159741827f81b1b23d06f779a.jpg)
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