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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Study: 1 Million Tons of US Plastic Waste Ends Up in Wrong Place' data-article-id='5208'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12646'>A new study estimates that more than 1 million tons of plastic waste from the United States does not end up where it should.</span> <span data-start-time='12646' data-end-time='28333'>The researchers say the U.S. generated 42 metric tons of plastic waste in 2016  the largest amount of any country in the world.</span> <span data-start-time='28333' data-end-time='44271'>Of that, between 2.7 percent and 5.3 percent was not burned, placed in landfills or otherwise correctly processed, the study found.</span> <span data-start-time='44271' data-end-time='50646'>The research was recently published in Science Advances.</span> <span data-start-time='50646' data-end-time='66167'>Between 1 to 2 million metric tons of plastic generated in America ended up being dropped on land or in rivers, lakes and oceans.</span> <span data-start-time='66167' data-end-time='76792'>Some U.S. plastic waste was shipped to other countries where it was not correctly disposed of, the study found.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/to_stop_something.wav'><span>to stop something</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/a_warming_sensation.wav'><span>a warming sensation</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=16331 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/about_how_many_tons_of_us_plastic_waste_is_not_disposed_properly.wav'>About how many tons of U.S. plastic waste is not disposed properly?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='1 million tons '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/1_million_tons_.wav'><span>1 million tons </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/10_million_tons_.wav'><span>10 million tons </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/1_thousand.wav'><span>1 thousand</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/5_thousand.wav'><span>5 thousand</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=16332 data-hint-location='50646' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/millions_of_tons_of_plastic_generated_in_america_ended_up_being_dropped_in__blank_.wav'>Millions of tons of plastic generated in America ended up being dropped in <span class='blank'>rivers, lakes, and oceans</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='rivers, lakes, and oceans'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/rivers_lakes_and_oceans.wav'><span>rivers, lakes, and oceans</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/sewage_plants.wav'><span>sewage plants</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/military_bases.wav'><span>military bases</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4713/school_parking_lots.wav'><span>school parking lots</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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