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12. But plastic is getting into the food supply. Much of that comes from the ocean.
Mon Apr 23, 2018, 09:56 AM
Apr 2018

it certainly NEEDS to be tackled. A lot of our food comes from the ocean, and as this crap breaks up it gets into the fish and other sea creatures we eat. There are articles out there that cover this. Heres one:
https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/health/case_studies/plastics.html

Are you cleaning it up faster than it's growing? bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #1
According to the article BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #2
Probably the plastic junk is tangled in the nets FakeNoose Apr 2018 #16
The way the article was written BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #20
Recycle it. lagomorph777 Apr 2018 #3
Is recycling working well? bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #4
Recycling is working; it's commercially viable now. lagomorph777 Apr 2018 #6
China apparently disagrees... Wounded Bear Apr 2018 #13
Shipping recyclables overseas kind of defeats the purpose anyway. lagomorph777 Apr 2018 #22
Yup, and China just banned 32 more types of solid waste, Hortensis Apr 2018 #31
There was just an article about that in the WaPost Maeve Apr 2018 #19
Thanks - that's very supportive of recycling! lagomorph777 Apr 2018 #21
GOOD article, thanks. I'd missed it. Hortensis Apr 2018 #33
came to post this. mahina Apr 2018 #45
Lots of reports on how/why this is failing--starting from the refusal of many forms of plastic hlthe2b Apr 2018 #9
They told us there would be trash to steam bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #24
I've switched to a mostly Vegan diet for health reasons lagomorph777 Apr 2018 #35
Biodegradeable bags really don't work Kaleva Apr 2018 #38
at least if the bags are disposed in the available trash barrels in parks/trails in my community... hlthe2b Apr 2018 #41
That's a good point Kaleva Apr 2018 #43
You should definitely let the research team and scientists know... LanternWaste Apr 2018 #29
What a sarcastic and toxic comment bucolic_frolic Apr 2018 #36
Comments of that sort seem to be that person's MO. Jedi Guy Apr 2018 #46
That's it exactly. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #32
40 million wasted on this n2doc Apr 2018 #5
But plastic is getting into the food supply. Much of that comes from the ocean. 7962 Apr 2018 #12
Wrong Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #17
and they might learn something and make improvements cutting the time down. FSogol Apr 2018 #25
As the article says, this can't itself collect microparticles at all muriel_volestrangler Apr 2018 #40
Can't disagree with what you say, but I stand by assertion that the $40meg is not a waste of money.n Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #42
We waste more on Trumps golf than that Capperdan Apr 2018 #23
That's the spirit! kag Apr 2018 #28
I also pretend that what I cannot understand is waste. LanternWaste Apr 2018 #30
Americans spend roughly $9 BILLION a year on HeartachesNhangovers Apr 2018 #37
Need to clean up space garbage, too. We are messy people.l notdarkyet Apr 2018 #7
We are. We used to be nomadic. Dirty up one spot, then move on. tclambert Apr 2018 #15
Space X just launched an experimental system to clean up space junk FSogol Apr 2018 #26
Thanks. notdarkyet Apr 2018 #39
That's a great idea. If it does well they can put more machines like it. IronLionZion Apr 2018 #8
A teenager created this! I'm so in awe of the new generation! Honeycombe8 Apr 2018 #10
I remember when the kid came out with the idea. malthaussen Apr 2018 #11
I was going to share this link on Facebook CanonRay Apr 2018 #14
And plastic will kill the oceans, and then us. ginnyinWI Apr 2018 #18
I am so proud of the young scientist/engineer WhiteTara Apr 2018 #27
This is amazing, and deserving of celebration! Calista241 Apr 2018 #34
Disposable diapers are very bad for the environment. Cold War Spook Apr 2018 #44
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