Professor urges local action on microplastics after Lake Michigan cleanup
Dr. Julia Peller told the council volunteers collected more than 50,000 pieces of plastic at Marquette Park and urged municipal steps — signage, refill stations, local ordinances — but noted a 2016 Indiana law (House Bill 1053) limits municipal bans on single-use plastics.
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Dr. Julia Peller, a chemistry professor and founder of the Blessed Community Alliance, presented local research and field work documenting microplastics in Lake Michigan and local parks. She said volunteers picked up "over 50,000 pieces of plastics, mostly just broken off pieces" on a sand path at Marquette Park and identified roughly 20,000 of those as nurdles (plastic pellets used by manufacturers).
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