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City Receives $1.26 Million Grant to Research Microplastic Pollution Prevention

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Microplastics are small plastic fibers, about the size of a pencil eraser, found on our streets, creeks and ocean. The project, “Clean Streets, Clean Seas: Innovating Public Works to Intercept Microplastics in Urban Runoff,” will provide the first measured and reported results on the impacts of street sweeping and trash capture devices on microplastic marine debris in storm water runoff, which transports the bulk of microplastic pollution to the sea.

You can read more in the full media release here.