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More than 90% of those who participated in a 2021 state survey said it's necessary for local governments to regulate single-use plastic.

With single-use plastics destroying our oceans, the fight for environmental change is growing. So much in fact that one South Florida resident quit her job as a teacher to give a hand in the battle.

Nikki Fried says she will seek to phase out the use of a commonly used product that is blamed for one of the worst causes of ocean pollution.