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Plastic Bank About one garbage truck full of plastic is dumped into oceans every minute, inundating poor countries with lacking waste management infrastructure to deal with it. Their fast-accumulating ocean pollution adds to other distresses: little to no money for food, health care, or to send kids to school. Social enterprise company Plastic Bank created a model to address both problems: ocean-bound plastics and poverty.  Launched in 2013, it turns plastic trash into cash for locals who collect it. About 23,000 people in Haiti, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, and Eg...

7:27 a.m. — A caller from East McKnight Way reported a burglary to a vehicle. 9:24 a.m. — A caller form Maryland Drive reported the theft of tools from a truck camper shell. 11:32 a.m. — A caller from Le Duc and Empire streets reported that a person who stole a vehicle yesterday just dropped off the tools that were in the truck. The suspect was gone when an officer arrived. 12:11 p.m. — A caller from the 200 block of Sierra College Drive reported a construction crew hit a gas line. 1:16 p.m. — A caller from a school reported a student received a text from someone threatening them wi...