A wonderful guide to the possible solutions to the plastic crisis.
Figure 1: The great Pacific Garbage patch [Phys.org, 2018]
With large garbage patches of plastic growing in the oceans, the ecological impact of our oil addiction is now a major crisis. And it’s also starting to impact on human health, with particles of plastic finding its way into human food chain and water supplies. It’s becoming less the blue planet we inhabit and more the plastic planet.
Figure 2: Plastic can stick around for a surprisingly long period of time!
And the bad news is that this is only for openers. Some plastics can take centuries to biodegrade completely (leaching chemicals into the environment as they do so). So even if we ceased production of them tomorrow, that still leaves a huge toxic legacy to deal with. In many respects its proving the parable of the lily pond….just on a planetary scale!
Figure 3: Consumerism is serving…
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