Seabirds are starving with bellies full of trash. Fur seals in New Zealand poop shards of yellow and blue. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is twice the size of Texas. Now the bad news: Plastic never goes away, and scientists are finding that it absorbs toxins with spongelike efficiency. The fix? Cut it off at the source. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
Lots of good background on the effects of plasitc in the environment, and some information on where it comes from.
keeping an eye out for floating trash and chatting up a reporter—yet another one—who wants to know how the Great Pacific Garbage Patch came to be. More »
Very thorough, from 3 professional points of view. Lacks the perspective of the Federal lobbyist who might give us more specifics on likely legislation. Also, the perspective of some more socially conscious companies that have moved away from plastics.
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