Depressing read for your Friday.
#plasticwaste
How Big Oil and Big Soda Kept the Plastics Crisis a Secret for Decades – Rolling Stone https://t.co/s2wKfSnUpN
I pick up any litter as I walk home from work everyday. Bout a 1/4 of a mile.
I heard an American tourist behind me say to her friend “I see a lot of these brits picking up trash, they do that here?”.
Yes. Yes we do.
Bringing some of the world's worst #plastic#polluters out to sea to witness the sad truths.
"The problem with plastic is that it never rots, never goes away."
https://t.co/SHXu6K5sFa
Are the world's largest producers of #plastics slowing down production amidst global concern? Ha! They are ramping it up! Long read but great reporting.https://t.co/jJEPPTsDE9 by @fastlerner
Getting rid of #plastic#straws is great and all, but we seem to be ignoring the 100 other pieces of plastic and non-recyclable items that surround you in the same places that are ditching the straws.
https://t.co/Q7XlqM3M9R