Giving Compass' Take:

• Residents of Skibbereen in Ireland fear the industrial facility would foul their air and water while adding to ocean plastic pollution. The plant is part of a global plastic factory-building boom driven by cheap natural gas.

• How can we get government and people alike to stop plastic pollution, both overseas and here in the U.S.? What are the most effective solutions to reducing our carbon footprint?

• Here's more on the ways donors can make an impact when it comes to reducing plastic in our oceans.

A wave of governments has moved to ban single-use plastics, actions that reflect a growing awareness of the ocean plastic pollution crisis.

But residents fighting a proposed plastic factory in Ireland say governments should also take a harder look at pollution coming from facilities that manufacture plastic and that are a source of marine litter.

Since 2017, residents of Skibbereen have been trying to stop plans to open a plastic-pellet manufacturing plant in their town of 2,500 people. They say the facility, proposed by the United States-based RTP Company, would pollute the air and water, harm their quality of life and threaten the local marine-based economy, which includes fishing and a top whale-watching destination. The residents also link their opposition to the European Union’s new plastic reduction strategy, adopted in January.

Read the full article about stopping a plastics factory in Ireland by Erica Cirino at News Deeply.