Much of the trash in the ocean originates from single-use goods, including food wrappers and microbeads that end up in the water by accident. However, a rising percentage comes from plastics designed specifically for degradation in marine settings; a unique method of designing materials for the marine environment has taken into account the metabolism of bacteria in the environment where they will biodegrade, led by UC Santa Barbara marine microbiologist Alyson Santoro.

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