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Keeping Litter And Microplastics Out Of Our Waterways

WUTC | By Ray Bassett

Published June 9, 2021 at 4:31 PM EDT

At the Tennessee Aquarium here in Chattanooga, you can learn how microplastics can impact not only our rivers, streams and lakes - but also our oceans.

What is on display is funded by a grant from the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s “Nobody Trashes Tennessee” campaign to reduce litter across the state.

Dr. Anna George is the Aquarium’s vice president of conservation science and education - and Mike McClanahan is the transportation manager for TDOT’s highway beautification office.