Join the move to remove: Help keep plastics out of our oceans

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The use of plastics in the world today allows for innovation and convenience that suits our fast-paced lives. From baby bottles and laptop casings to automobile dashboards and modern eyeglasses, we rely on plastic products and packaging every day.

And plastic’s ubiquity is no wonder. Plastic offers unique flexibility for design, manufacturing and durability. It can be clear or produced in an array of beautiful colors. It’s amazingly lightweight for shipping.

When it comes to disposal, however, we run into trouble. Only about 9 percent of plastic is recycled worldwide. To make matters worse, about 8.8 million tons of plastic enter the oceans as litter each year.

Much of this ocean plastic enters waterways in and near countries undergoing rapid development — parts of the world where environmental infrastructure and regulation are lacking. Through the ocean’s currents, bits of plastic end up in gigantic floating formations thousands of miles from shore. It’s a staggering and complex issue.

How do we tackle it? How do we stop plastic waste from making its way into our oceans? No one person, company or nation has the answer — and yet there is agreement that meaningful change will require all of us to work together.

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1. We need bio-plastic

Made from plant cellulose.
Hemp is great for this.

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2. I am so onboard with this

Just reading about what is being found in sea life and the pollution in their environments is so awful it will get more people to think about this. Already quit buying bakery products from Costco because they went from cardboard to heavy duty plastic. More changes on the way but we are loaded with plastic products.