'It looks like snow': how Australia plans to fix the 'horrifying' blight of expanded polystyrene

A study by the Yarra Riverkeeper Association found about half the litter in the river was expanded polystyreneOn a two-kilometre stretch of the Yarra River east of Melbourne's CBD a few years ago, volunteers were gathering rubbish from the banks and reeds.Among all the discarded bottles and bits of plastic sucked up with an oversized vacuum were an estimated 5 million pieces of expanded polystyrene - some in the form of tiny white balls, others in chunks at various stages of disintegration. Continue reading...