South Florida man frustrated with plastic pollution along our beaches Plastic Symptoms aims to find alternative resources to curb plastic usage Plastic pollution has become a major threat at one place in South Florida. and last updated 2021-05-06 20:35:36-04 PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. â Plastic pollution has become a major threat in one place in South Florida. You may notice it at the beach, you may clean it from the sand, but what if you made it your life mission to understand it? One Palm Beach County man has gone to extraordinary lengths to convince and change us of our bad habits.