After a slow decline of coal and steel, the Ohio Valley is ramping up for petrochemicals. But what can the region expect in terms of pollution, jobs and plastic?
Researchers will use the data to model how ocean currents and other environmental conditions might predict where high levels of microplastics can be found in the ocean.
Despite a ban on fracking, Scotland imports shale gas from Pennsylvania for its plastics industry. This has some activists saying 'no fracking here, no fracking anywhere.'
