Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumThe Ocean May Soon Contain More Plastic Than Fish
Staggering amounts of plastic waste, from water bottles and plastic bags to tiny microbeads and microfibers, are entering waterways worldwide. In 2015, researchers calculated that 275 million metric tons of plastic waste were generated in 192 coastal countries, with anywhere from 5 million to nearly 13 million metric tons of it entering the ocean.1
Worse still, they estimated that unless waste management practices are improved, the amount of plastic entering oceans by 2025 may double.2 Mismanaged waste is particularly problematic in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines, which together make up the top five countries for plastic pollution.3
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/05/09/plastic-waste-in-ocean.aspx?utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art3&utm_campaign=20170509Z1_UCM&et_cid=DM142889&et_rid=2000273591
woodsprite
(11,910 posts)On zooniverse.com. You create an account and mark/label shoreline photos taken by drone. It's helping them with mapping the plastics deposits.
al bupp
(2,175 posts)they will call this the Plasticene Era.
Blindingly apparent
(180 posts)That picture plastics