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Matthew King

Matthew King’s nonfiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic, LARBElectric LiteratureThe Millions3:AM MagazineQuartzUSA TodayThe Daily Dot, and other publications. He graduated from NYU’s Stern School of Business and is pursuing an MFA in nonfiction writing at Emerson College.

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Silicon Valley has turned the problem of marine plastic waste into yet another avenue for “disruption.” But why should clean oceans have to make good business sense?

Matthew King

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