“Every minute, the equivalent of one full garbage truck of plastic trash is dumped in the sea. That is 1440 trucks per 24 hours and 8 BILLION kilos per year.”
Over time, plastic falls apart into small fragments, transforming all the water around us into a big soup full of microplastics. These particles enter the marine food chain because plankton and other small animals mistake them for food.
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The knowledge center of the Plastic Soup Foundation.
Plastics are versatile, interesting and one can even argue they are sustainable when used properly. However, the way we have grown to design, use, distribute and dispose the products we make of it, is very problematic. And this is exactly...
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