Malaysia drowning in plastic
For years, China accepted enormous amounts of plastic waste from wealthy countries — but in 2018 it imposed a ban. Now other Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia are being flooded with plastic waste.
Source: CNN
For years, China accepted enormous amounts of plastic waste from wealthy countries — but in 2018 it imposed a ban. Now other Southeast Asian countries like Malaysia are being flooded with plastic waste.
Source: CNN
Bottle caps are one of the most frequent items found at beach and watershed cleanups. Unfortunately, some of those that are not picked up get eaten by birds – such as the Albatross and other animals, who then die of starvation – with a belly full of plastic. With the help of the Save The…
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Most Table Salt Is Probably Full of Plastic 550 and 681 microplastic particles per kilogram of table salt, Richard Macauley, The Atlantic, 10/2015 World’s Oceans Clogged by Millions of Tons of Plastic Trash “In short, you name it and it is probably somewhere in the marine environment”, Will Dunham, Reuters – 2/2105 Global Impact Of…
Every 90 seconds, another albatross chick dies with a belly full of plastic. This isn’t hyperbole—it’s the devastating reality playing out on Midway Atoll, a remote Pacific island over 2,000 miles from the nearest mainland. Midway Atoll is where our bottle caps eclipse their lives. Laysan albatrosses have been soaring these Pacific waters for millions…