Durbin’s bill aims to curb plastic pollution in all U.S. waterways – WGNTV (Chicago)

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin has introduced the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act, requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to prohibit the discharge of plastic pellets and other pre-production plastic into waterways from facilities and sources that make, use, package, or transport pellets. Said Durbin, “Each year, it is estimated plastic pellet pollution contributes significantly to the 22 million tons of plastic that end up in the Great Lakes."