You Don't Want to Know Where Scientists Just Found 27 Million Tons of Plastic

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17. I'd be right there with you with my rants!

My biggest rant is about all the crap people think they just have to have in life. Like you, I'm old enough to remember when people didn't need all this crap. The three R's - reduce, reuse and recycle - they always concentrate on the last two R's, but it's the first R that would solve more problems. REDUCE means don't buy the stuff you don't absolutely need.

I read where even the microbeads found in women's facial products like scrubs are polluting the oceans. Like you, I use bar soap too. That's what we used growing up. I am a certified environmental steward and in one of our many field trips we went to a county recycling center which I found fascinating. Everyone should be made to go one time to see just how the process works. And yes, an awful lot of what you put in those bins never gets recycled.

I truly think getting through to people about this issue is impossible.