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MadameButterfly

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2. stopping the source

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 5, 2021, 06:40 PM

Nov 2021

IN the long run, we need to stop producing so much plastic so it doesn't even get to the rivers. Not all of it gets picked up--much is breaking down into microplastics and being ingested by wildlife. And not everything that is picked up can be recycled.

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The Ocean Cleanup begins cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch [View all] Uncle Joe Nov 2021 OP

Give the guy credit. He's got a plan and he's showing that this is a viable OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2021 #1

stopping the source MadameButterfly Nov 2021 #2

Welcome aboard! OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2021 #3

A big, fat K&R!♥ CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2021 #4

K & R malaise Nov 2021 #5

I agree malaise, and if I see Uncle Joe Nov 2021 #6

Better open your wallet shanti Nov 2021 #10

This is something the UN should fund. Goodheart Nov 2021 #7

K & R...nt Wounded Bear Nov 2021 #8

Fine, so where's it going, on Musk-Bezos-Branson trip to the universe? No didn't read the OP UTUSN Nov 2021 #9

Good start but what about 25,000 barrels of DDT dumped off Catalina Island womanofthehills Nov 2021 #11