Seabirds have been fishing plastic from the ocean and feeding it to their chicks, researchers say. One bird was found to have ingested nearly 800 pieces.
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All single use plastic needs to be banned today.
I would go so far to say ALL plastics need to be banned … with exceptions made for medical, military and space applications.
I look forward to leather bicycle helmets filled with cotton and rubber.
I think that counts as medical.
I would go so far to say ALL plastics need to be banned … with exceptions made for medical, military and space applications.
This is why hyperbole is meaningless.
There are things that can’t be replaced, however there is no reason we should be dumping it into the ocean.
If we must have plastic, it must incinerated with carbon capture - that’s a cost but it’s a cost that must be incorporated into the purchase of the raw polymers. Japan does not have a single use plastic problem, despite almost everything being wrapped in single use plastic.
Taxidermists hate this one trick.
