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Imagine sitting down to dinner and cutting into the perfectly cooked piece of wild salmon you just got on sale at the grocery store. But between the layers of succulent pink fillet you pull out a small piece of blue plastic.

Imagine sitting down to dinner and cutting into the perfectly cooked piece of wild salmon you just got on sale at the grocery store. But between the layers of succulent pink fillet you pull out a small piece of blue plastic.

Imagine sitting down to dinner and cutting into the perfectly cooked piece of wild salmon you just got on sale at the grocery store. But between the layers of succulent pink fillet you pull out a small piece of blue plastic.

When it comes reducing littering along roadsides, experts at a recent summit on the issue said communities will have better luck driving anti-litter messages home to younger generations.

Representatives from three companies involved in a plastics credit program provides their views on the fledgling approach to funding recycling, borrowing ideas from existing carbon offset programs.

This yellow, stringy tubing is called "shock tubing." It's been appearing on beaches all over Cape Cod. The Army wants you to report it.

The Center for Coastal Studies' annual cleanup takes place each spring. This year’s haul included three anchors, 180 lobster traps, and tons of plastic rope.