Plastic Circulating Endlessly in Oceans - must be made reusable.

Plastic bottle or plastic take-away coffee lid that has 20 minutes of use can spend decades killing countless seabirds, marine animals and fish.

There is now so much plastic in the oceans, it is likely that virtually every seabird has plastic in its belly if its feeding habits mean it mistakes plastic bits for food... same is true for sea turtles.

Every square kilometer of world's ocean has an average of 13,000 pieces of plastic litter floating on the surface... the cumulative impact of marine debris is a major issue for the oceans.  

"We need to become less reliant on plastics."

Degradable or compostable plastic should be banned... the bio-plastics have as much plastic as those made from oil. The so-called degradable bio-plastics simply break down into micro-plastic particles faster than traditional plastics... we might not be able to see them with our eyes but the plastic is still there.

A Fatal Addiction to Plastic

One time use of plastic is simply unsustainable. It is a wonderful material... real plastic is valuable... it can be, and must be made safe and reusable. 



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