In our season finale, Tenijah to Tybee Island off the Georgia coast for a day at the beach... picking up trash. She joins Tim Arnold, founder of Tybee Clean Beach Volunteers, to see first hand how plastics and trash can pose a threat to migratory shorebirds and marine life. And she speaks with Kelly Martin, Texas Coastal Outreach Coordinator at American Bird Conservancy, about some of the actions we can take to solve our problem with plastics.

Learn more:

• More about the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act
   
• NPR Life Kit’s Guide to Using Less Plastic
   
• 7 Tips to Be a Better Recycler
   
• 99% Invisible on the Problems Facing Recycling