The Problem With Plastic in Nature and What You Can Do To Help

The Problem With Plastic in Nature and What You Can Do To Help

It’s important to regularly step back and think about how our everyday actions impact the planet. Right now, there are 150 million metric tons of plastic in our oceans—and we’re releasing an additional 8 million metric tons each year. Plastic pollution exists almost everywhere in the ocean, from the remote seas of the Arctic to the floor of the deep...
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The Average Person Eats Thousands of Bits of Plastic Each Year

The Average Person Eats Thousands of Bits of Plastic Each Year

THE TINY PIECES of plastic scientists call microplastics are everywhere. They sit at the bottom of the sea, mix into beach sand, and blow in the wind. They’re also inside us. Last October, microplastics were found in fecal samples from eight people participating in a pilot study to research how much humans might be inadvertently consuming plastic. Now, a new...
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