4 trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans.

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The Plastic Age Is a Feature of the American Zeitgeist

Posted on May 14, 2021 by

The illustration here comes from “The Story of Stuff” project, whose efforts in environmental and social justice are legendary. This civilization is having the devil’s own time dealing with waste plastic. There are now 4 trillion pieces of plastic in …

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Ocean Plastic Pollution

Posted on February 10, 2021 by

craigshields Posted in Sustainability

One of my snide and ignorant readers sent me the meme here, to which I respond: Yes. The world is reducing plastic pollution as fast as possible, because every decent person on Earth finds what we’ve done to our oceans …

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