What Happens to Plastic in the Ocean | The Mystery of Missing Plastic | ENDEVR Documentary

What Happens to Plastic in the Ocean | The Mystery of Missing Plastic | Pollution | Environment | Business documentary from 2016
99% of the plastic that should be floating in the oceans is missing. Even accounting for the plastic that washes up on beaches or is trapped in arctic ice, millions of tonnes has simply disappeared.
As most plastic never deteriorates, it simply breaks down into smaller and smaller particles that are invisible to the human eye, what happens to this missing ocean plastic is a mystery. In this investigation, scientists embark in search of micro-plastics. Small, mostly invisible, toxic, they are home to a new ecosystem: the plastisphere. But where are they? In this documentary, we dive into this world.
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[@ObesePuppies]

The problem is that most plastic is not recyclable. Maybe if they stopped spreading misinformation about all plastics being recyclable and how micro plastics can literally be a issue for babies in the future people might be more scared and try to help.

[@pietrojenkins6901]

India ,Indonesia and most of Asia are worst offenders.

[@thesilentone4024]

Mybe they should tell ya you eat/drink 32 to 54,000 micro Particles every day.

[@somerandomfella]

There is a new biodegradable PLA plastic made from corn. Check it out.

[@thesilentone4024]

@@somerandomfella we don't need it we use enough corn and we don't need new plastic we need new or old ways to store stuff plastic is the very problem. Also 40% of all corn farmed every year goes into your gas tank its that ethil stuff.

[@vylbird8014]

Almost all plastic is not recycleable. It's just the chemistry. Some of it can be down-cycled at best, turned into lower grade plastic products, but even that usually isn't economical. Plastic recycling is a scam, set up by the plastics industry to give the false impression of recyclability.

[@marycerrone3281]

As kid growing up (1970s) when in supermarkets no fruit or vegetables were in plastic. They had small brown paper bags.

[@kuro_115]

Must've been nice😒

[@pylypbutin5799]

Doesn't matter how much you educate the public, release movies , documentaries , bring awareness .... Nothing will change. People are so used to consume in such great quantities etc.. Just imagine, every time you order take out, they give you plastic container and plastic utensils that you only use once and then throw away and you dont even give it a second thought on where it all ends up . All of us have little self awareness. World is fueled by money and greed. All we do is just dig our own grave. World is not permanent but with such human mindset, it will come to extinction much faster than we think.

[@kumara5492]

That's so true.

[@AselflimitedcapitalisemW0mamon]

You said it all so simply and precisely. I say essentially the same; although I always tend to spew with a bit too much zeal. & not enough know-how with proper wording. If you could spare the time, I would appreciate an internet phone conversation - because I'd like your opinion on my proposed solution. Please let me know if we can have a chat - there is certainly no obligation - financially or of any sort. Thanks for considering.

[@timbuckthe2nd642]

Nature will always balance itself. It uses everything 100 percent efficiently. They have discovered microbes that EAT plastic, and all types. The more plastic there will be, the more of those microbes we will have. It's that simple. Humans are so naive to think we will have catastrophic events on this planet. The chixclub impact had greater effect in one second than we will in billions of years. You all need to stop worrying about everything and live your life.

[@AselflimitedcapitalisemW0mamon]

@@timbuckthe2nd642 You can trust in your money empowered science to fix all the problems; which all its leaders, money empowered governance, has created; when it trained-up and over-educated-up all the masses of populations into good little patriotic citizens who all believe it's the right thing to do; to be good little money generators - who obliviously buy into all the things of excessive convenience - which they can covet and & covet and buy. to bolster their powerful government's wealth and power to rule over their masses of corporations populations buying up all things converted (from natures used to be free-of-charge provisions systems but converted by "your beloved science" into high tech gadgetry in the form of money generated excessive conveniences. But all that (such a belief) really does; is excessively efficiently accelerate the human race to their self -nflicted, pridefully self-created, self-extinction; for overcomplicating (what-used-to-be) a free-of-charge life on a beautiful natural provision system for God's "gone astray children" of God's green earth. But on a more hopeful note: Soon the science projects will be done (when Jesus returns) & the meek will finally inherit the earth. Then we; "the meek' can cleanse the earth "of the remnants (of the masses of humans) generating money from; (what used-to-be - free-of-charge) "nature problem") & so we can then accomplish the toil necessary - to be the good stewards that the money-monger governments - couldn't see fit - to allow us to be. They won't even allow it to be to save the life of all of humanity - because "all they do" (is all for the money.) But maybe God will let them blast off to a new fragile existance on a new distant planet wherewith to keep their infestation of science and excessive convenience loving human ant colony infestations - generating their wealth & opulent over-lording ways of money empowered lifestyles - which empower them to own their contoured & claimed planets and their lesser-over-educated fellow-man. I still don't understand why they can't share the Earth. Because our population would still pay them their demanded property taxes; & we would promise to do that; because we could sell the surplus of what our fellow population's ((fellow population maintained way-of-life - produces)) - as we nurture the natural environment for our provision. ((strictly locally)) ((without the need or use of money - inside our village borders)) - ((NOT for tourism, )) But (strictly only) for taking care of our pre-vetted population of simplistic earth and humanity provisioning system way-of-life ) which requires no elected leaders because simplistic viewable & accessible to all - via the internet - open book governance method. which needs no leaders. - or even village chiefs - because all of our (of age) population will be a village chief. (governed by true consensus voting) & (local-population - "village-size-limited" self-governance - full-time displayed to the world; via; streamed to the internet CCTV video; - showing full-time, full coverage, of our grounds and borders - displaying; the activities required, for provisioning our wholesome and healthy earth friendly way of life. And besides; with such a security cam set-up - we will be able to show the world the moment the money-monger over-lords (with their "excessive" wealth & power inevitably return to invade our village borders (to claim our populations for use) in their money-generating schemes - against peaceful and "adequately" productive humanity; In order to, indoctrinate our minds "back into becoming once again, " the money empowered science proven "exceedingly excessively" efficient - little money generators - designed by their money empowered government to be: More & more, "(over) consumerism-ing" the natural free-of-charge, earth; All for The MONEY.

[@timbuckthe2nd642]

@@AselflimitedcapitalisemW0mamon tl dr.

[@gamleole9568]

It is important to teach how plastic can be incinerated with very little gaseous leftover and turned into its basic elements which is mainly carbon. Both heat and electricity can be produced in the process. The proud green danes have been doing this for decades while consuming mostly coal and diesel for about 75% of their energy production. Burn plastic and turn it into earthly elements again.

[@TropicalOceanCleanup]

One of my favorite videos, I just watched it again to keep me motivated to stop plastics before it gets in the Oceans. Camiguin Island, Philippines has 5 river trash Kabooms but we need so many more. Sadly my request for help has fallen on deaf ears of the government here. But I will press on and do what I can to continue.

[@shivanshtomar18]

Maybe aware people around you. That will definitely have an impact

[@annesummers09]

STOP PRODUCING so much plastic packaging! Gives us buyers an alternative! Stop blaming the consumer and start blaming the manufacturers! We buy these items in plastic because that's what they sell the items in and then they blame the consumer for buying it!! 20's, 30's, 40's, and 50's we didn't have plastic. We used paper and glass which are recyclable. STOP BLAMING THE CONSUMER AND PUT THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONGS!! ON THE CORPORATIONS THAT GET RICH FROM THE USE OF CHEAP PLASTICS!

[@norml.hugh-mann]

So much cheaper on their end and allows them to ship much more product with light to practically weightless packaging. What bothers me is what leaches out of let's say IV bags or shed into the body via plastic in medicine. And even today with so much evidence against their use They still use plastic six pack rings and I see them on the Pac NW coastline often.

[@vtwl24]

plastics are cheap that's why they use it

[@Sabrina-vu9mv]

I agree with you! Hold the plastic manufacturers responsible for their plastic products!

[@liMe-leMon]

I'm screaming along with you! YES!

[@cdotsmite2952]

​@vtwl24 I guess the real sickness is greed because money and profits come before absolutely everything. Including sustainability

[@Darrenfryer]

Amazing documentary thank you so much for sharing !

[@Video2Webb]

Absolutely fantastic film. The efforts involving in making this film are SO worthwhile. Such an educational piece of work 😀. Cannot thank the team of people who made it enough. Cannot thank the contributors doing the hard research enough. But thank you anyway! Well done!

[@meejinhuang]

It turns into micro plastics and end up in the fish we eat.

[@Healitnow]

Tweeted and Facebooked you for such a great documentary. Great information.

[@Servitor-lx1bu]

I thought that this would be important information to share, given the ocean-related nature of this movie clip. 35% of all ocean microplastics come from clothing/textiles, mostly polyester, but also acrylic and nylon as well. This is largely due to clothes made of these materials being washed, which causes these clothes to quickly erode, with the microplastic fibers entering the water system and eventually the sea. Ocean Hero is a great search engine that we can use to help clean up larger plastics before they disintegrate into microplastics.

[@ommadammo]

At the 37min point, this film suddenly turns into a real X-File. Most excellent and eye-opening.

[@Servitor-lx1bu]

I thought that this would be important information to share, given the ocean-related nature of this movie clip. 35% of all ocean microplastics come from clothing/textiles, mostly polyester, but also acrylic and nylon as well. This is largely due to clothes made of these materials being washed, which causes these clothes to quickly erode, with the microplastic fibers entering the water system and eventually the sea. Ocean Hero is a great search engine that we can use to help clean up larger plastics before they disintegrate into microplastics.

[@Marak316]

Informative video ❤️❤️🙏

[@petergambier]

Thanks for posting this depressing but interesting film Endevr. It got even more fascinating at 37:39, at the Marine Biological lab and their electron microscopic pictures of the plastosphere where we saw how the plastics were a great new substrate for pathogens and other nasties to travel to a much wider global audience, just as air travel has quickened the spread of covid. The picture of the diatoms was amazing, did you know that they reproduce by asexual multiple fission and generate 20 to 50% of the oxygen we need each year, they are so common thatand the shells of dead diatoms can be half a mile deep Likewise with deforestation we are releasing even more new and exotic pathogens into the world so I'd especially like to congratulate Mr Bolsonaro and his logging and farming buddies for fekking up our lungs and turning the Amazon region into farmland...leastways that's his dream. We have so nearly screwed ourselves and unless the issue of plastic pollution isn't taken seriously then this our beautiful and unique world will die, and we don't want that please.

[@Healitnow]

If the corporate owners and there bought and paid for politicians do not stop killing the planet is it right to hold a peoples court and find them guilty of planetary genocide and stop them by any means necessary. I think it is justified to do so, to both the elected and corporate.

[@petergambier]

@@Healitnow , You are right there Harvey and we already have a peoples court of sorts called social media, and heaven help the guilty and innocent with that.

[@alexandernoussis1943]

Pretty shocked there was no mention of the largest contributor to plastics in the ocean... Fishing!

[@dovepiranha6543]

14:21 polypropylene is also used in making rugs and small carpets. Just take a visit to Ikea

[@oneshothunter9877]

And all fleece clothing and alike also made of plastic. Every time we start the washing machine we pollute with microplastic.

[@somerandomfella]

Irresponsible countries should be punished for dumping their waste into rivers/oceans. Waste management should be improved at the same time. Companies should be encouraged to switch to glass & aluminium where possible.

[@ContactsNfilters]

I need to check if it's changed, but my city stopped recycling glass.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

I have an idea for what to do with all of the plastic waste. We have in some places giant machines that crush stuff and machines that compress things like how trash compactors in kitchens work only way better. I used to go with my father when I was a kid to a place that had those machines. They used to use them for compressing metal into cubes. So why can’t we crush all plastic into cubes and then use those for road beds.

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Because capitalism says go with the established ways of making roads unless it's more profitable while still meeting all applicable laws and standards to do as you suggest..but maybe you could it make it your missiion to set up a system to make it work and save the world. I was thinking giant blocks for subsea (out of sunlight which breaks plastic down) blocks like we use granite for....I would make thick walled giant lego-blocks essentially that could be made solid by filling with concrete for mass and with interlocking ability and different shapes and styles for specialized foundations and flood/channel control

[@liMe-leMon]

Great ideas guys. Its the big wigs at the top we must get out of office. Pssh we need a whole new justice system

[@Fartboy226]

Wall e

[@horstwestpfahl2459]

I'm all for a plastic free world. We just have to redesign the covers of pc's and Mobile Phones and wrap our groceries in paper bags like we did years ago. Wonder what they can use..DVD's and CD's to storing data. What a challenge. Can't wait to see the end result. Interesting!! Just thought of an memory, Plastic houses and fences are spread with Tornado's and natural disasters as are most plastics.

[@Servitor-lx1bu]

I thought that this would be important information to share, given the ocean-related nature of this documentary. 35% of all ocean microplastics come from clothing/textiles, mostly polyester, but also acrylic and nylon as well. This is largely due to clothes made of these materials being washed, which causes these clothes to quickly erode, with the microplastic fibers entering the water system and eventually the sea. Ocean Hero is a great search engine that we can use to help clean up larger plastics before they disintegrate into microplastics.

[@gmotionedc5412]

Look the ocean is a mighty constantly grinding machine. I’m not surprised at all.

[@libs-Suk-Balz]

It decays into tiny little micro bits and scatters all over the world. Recently they’ve been detecting plastics in humans blood streams

[@c.rutherford]

Nobody allowed to post links on KZbin of course but I just watched a study where they tested almost every kind of seafood 'harvested' from the ocean imaginable. 100% of the samples tested had plastic in their bodies. All of them. They were hard pressed to find any creature that didn't. We're definitely eating it too, microplastics are in our system now and we don't know what the long term effects are.

[@petergarcia8225]

Big fan of engineers tha invent things that make our world better ❤

[@deina.r]

If humans have accomplished things that have been said to be impossible, then we can solve the plastic problem too 🌱🌏

[@thesilentone4024]

Ya we had no problem storing/transporting things with clay and glass and some medals but when plastic hit everything started to die as we just started dumping it.

[@lewdards1127]

@@thesilentone4024 yea because glass and metal is recyclable and more importantly, endlessly reusable.

[@Ano-Nymous]

The title is somehow strange. I never heard of a mystery that anybody is missing plastic in the ocean as if it disappears suddenly.

[@karenishness1]

Beautiful building blocks made from recycled plastic. Some folks shipwrecked claim to have lived on plastic rafts.

[@authenticinari-fox8164]

ya but this documentary is about micro plastics, not scavenge able plastics

[@mihirshah1031]

Good as reminder about what to do ahead 🇮🇳

[@pietrojenkins6901]

India is certainly one of the worst offenders in pollution.

[@trrrymchay9920]

I found a Curtis ebbsmeyer friendly floaty that was at sea for 30years and twenty days and traveled nineteen thousand miles found in 21.

[@reds1325]

Where can you get Mandy barkers prints? I really like the lighter one and the ball arranged like a galaxy

[@53NT1N3L__M]

I have nice adidas shoes made from ocean plastic 👍 a few pairs. I wonder if they incorporate some of the ocean plastic into car tires 🤔

[@thesilentone4024]

There synthetic rubber not plastic but they are recycled into a new tire probably cheaper 1 but they get recycled tell they can't anymore.

[@-null-null8857]

We need to stop buying these products completely. Things need to be made for the lifetime of the user

[@toni4729]

Wonderful food. 🤬 A shame we don't have a magnet for plastic.

[@JohnJohnson-ym2sw]

Is there a possibility to innovate a material durable like plastic but dissolve in contact with saltwater (or other nature produced chemistry).....say sea water have a salt level 7 (water level 0) and within a few weeks the material dissolve?...

[@sendit9736]

I recently saw a picture of the Mars rover looking at a piece of plastic that we left on Mars from landing said rover... we humans are something special...

[@bb-fe9ur]

The entire waste output of that large city goes directly in that river ..

[@petergarcia8225]

Just for example parks and beaches have better access to fill and reuse the water bottles. Less waste in recreational areas. Not saying it will always be perfect but every bit counts.

[@jessijfly]

The fact that this woman is not in jail right now is an example of the hypocrisy of our justice system. It truly makes me sick to my stomach that she is free to do what she wants even for a little while. How many of these deaths did she have a helping hand in? Why is nobody else outraged that she is not being held to the same standard as anyone else who would be in jail rightfully so!

[@Gertyutz]

Which woman?

[@jessijfly]

@@Gertyutz oops wrong video, this comment was made for the police commissioner in San Jose who was smuggling Fentanyl and other drugs into this country for 30 years and is now being prosecuted but not in jail.

[@sixvee5147]

Here's to making scenario SSP5-8.5 a reality. All hail the Anthroprocene epoch 🙌

[@davidnaray8398]

No idea what this comment is saying lol

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I'm very very interested in what we are learning science wise & biologically. Like how it effects interacts with it's surroundings and or living creatures/the food chain. We are learning microplastics are not just these inert specs we can just ignore and imagine they disappear and have no effect on anything in the biological world.

[@eddieleong6490]

Imposing an environmental tax on plastics producers will reduce consumption. The tax will translate to higher prices of plastics and hence consumers will use less plastics. Hard plastics as used for chairs, tables, etc. may get a tax rebate as these are items that are bulky and less likely to be discarded to the sea. Soft plastics and small items like cutlery, boxes, etc. need to be taxed .

[@ENDEVRDocs]

Absolutely. Most People/General public change their ways when forced ie it gets too expensive to continue being a mass consumer of plastics.

[@stevenherrold5955]

i believe that programs like this should be rebroadcast on tv to replace things like soap operas game shows and those retarded sitcoms that think they are so funny who watches that junk i don't know the next thing is raising awareness and do something get off our butts

[@petergarcia8225]

Not saying I would never use or buy plastic bottles. Better access to water stations and water filtered fountains would have been a better solution for certain parts of the world.

[@petergarcia8225]

The more we study and implement out day to day lives within the consumption of items we use such as plastic the better we can adjust how we use it. Better for or food and dining experience without a larger reprocussion. Better recycling methods.

[@studiobiangkala]

_mantep._

[@tjs5960]

Clean clean clean. We need loving people for this job. I would love to help clean the ocean. U feed me house me I'm willing to work for free.

[@ritatisiga4717]

Aboriginals old timers speak in our own language knowledge of clean .

[@vampcramp]

I can't wait for mother earth to shake us humans off like a bunch of fleas

[@kuro_115]

Nah mate its much more worse then you think..

[@VanTran-ne4yf]

The world worry about the amount plastic in the environment. What about tree, how many years it take for the tree to growth and then they used for home construction around the world and household furniture.They can replace with metal and aluminium or other materials, but United Nation and environmental group doesnt care.

[@richardbittner2749]

I call the patch.. Rockefeller island ..

[@petergarcia8225]

It's the larger peices that worry us...the most for the marine life.

[@KhaoticDeterminism]

I feel Caligo is familiar with where a lot of it resides unfortunately. 😞😞😞

[@captaindavejseddon8788]

Most plastic sinks. I think polypropylene and one other are only ones that float. If we can only see the floating stuff then a more bigger problem lies below... We must send robots down there to find out.

[@morenofranco9235]

How much plastic ends up in the food-chain and on our plates?

[@lmsorenson8503]

@3:19 "Fifty Thou... Billion pieces" ... super easy fix in post...

[@martemacdougall1985]

Paper bags, paper deli boxes, and powdered products in paper cartons. ❤🌎🌍🌏🌎🌍🌏🌎🌍🌏❤

[@chrislecky710]

At our very core humanity are co creators on this earth with the planet and each other, once such a situation is stimulated you will find you will become the most excited motivated and inspired you have ever been as you begin to experience and utilise what is known as flow...its a intuitive experience when all aspects of your mentality talent and skill are in tune and resonating at the same frequency giving you full access to your internal library,,,

[@lussianeron419]

Most boring sentence ever

[@malifax4990]

@@lussianeron419 I thought it was pretty cool

[@shivanshtomar18]

7:40 in the documentary. Whats the amount of plastic entered last year? Did we manage to reduce the anticipated amount?

[@laletra5755]

its just getting smaller and smaller but still there

[@getonlygotonly]

how many will stop buying plastic bottles of fizzy pop? well , got to buy water in plastic bottles because most tap water is not safe to drink? Houston, we have a problem!

[@jyotifraser7439]

for 200 bucks one can fit an online effective filtration system. Usually works out at about 1 cent per liter dispensed.

[@redwhiteblue9866]

Outta sight outta mind. Think horizon deep oil disaster. The disbursement chemicals made the oil sink so people couldn't see it. Too many people accepted that as as the solution as they pretended to have solved the problem.

[@jetsetter8541]

What about "plastic floating islands" in the middle of Pacific. So big like some big countries & are visible from space. We see only the tip of the 'icebergs' . There are two big ones floating in Pacific. ...

[@karenishness1]

Stop mining and you will heal the planet.

[@petergarcia8225]

Wonder how some of these microbes react to burnt charcoal?

[@cb5394]

I still dont know why its not getting turned into fuel.

[@Gertyutz]

It emits toxic gases when burned.

[@ramthian]

😍👍

[@petergarcia8225]

Break it down and build it in up. A better world.

[@karenishness1]

No one is allowed to NW Hawaiian Islands due to overfishing and plastic waste.

[@gregorygarcia7807]

My understanding is our anthropocene has the greatest legacy of making a new lithosphere of plastic. rock made of plastic on the bottom of the ocean.

[@ombra306]

what about the remains from the last world war:oil barrels, unexploded munition etc also all over the bottom of the mediterranean

[@getonlygotonly]

the planet will survive, mankind, probably not

[@jamesmisiak8411]

I have seen 300 Medium size Mahi Mahi (Dolphin FISH). all Caught Commercially by long line fishing, EVERY SINGLE FISH that one day was BELLY PACKED FULL OF ASSORTED PLASTICs, That was my Last day as a Commercial Fisherman... very very SAD. I was not allowed to Photograph..

[@johnjohnfrederickh.webber2124]

Harvesting plastics in the ocean for recycling might be the best option for this garbage. There must be a "factory/recycler" in the area who will buy this "spot cash" from scavengers who look for it in the oceans.

[@jameshunter5678]

some people doesnt care about this, they are busy watching tiktok..

[@kumara5492]

Social animals ( so called humans ) are intellectually blind and such educational documentaries fall on deaf ears. Anyway, mother nature will shrink human population from 8 billion to 1 billion at some point in future and then humans may bounce back again. Never ending roller coaster ride.

[@mike7733m]

If people incested as much time money and effort and to just cleaning all the plastic that they can out of the ocean rather than studying and producing programs about it the world would be a much better place

[@timkerstetter8454]

The oceans are our filter's . Keep them clean. 😢

[@j.ochsenreiter]

Manufacturers did this. Consumers had no choice. Go to the source!

[@chocosworld725]

My question is how did the boys not die from starvation or drowning

[@jeskvell3254]

the solution is to make the people eat the plastic after using them

[@ghoulunathics]

show this to the politicians. maybe they finally start to restrict the advertisements, which is the only cause people keep buying so much.

[@tomhermens7698]

Plastic in the sea disappears under the ice and makes the ice melt.

[@toddamtmann3528]

She put "milk jugs" & "dairy containers" into 2 different categories. What's the difference?

[@zyxw2000]

Different kinds of plastic. There are over 15 kinds.

[@cybergrail]

There is toooo much plastic!!!! Ahhhhhh! Stop the Plastic!!!!

[@farmerfreakeasy9577]

Did they find any face-masks at the bottom of the Ocean yet ? Only a matter of time. As soon as scientists discover that plastics are directly killing Whales and Turtles, it's surely the end of non-biodegradable plastics. Nice documentary; shame you couldn't integrate the health implications of farmed fish though.

[@jyotifraser7439]

yes - to both

[@leathan7]

Most people making like 19 dolla a day working >_< That equipment made me jealous though I wont lie.

[@amazingsnow]

This is a corporation created problem

[@carmelitabaca788]

Gasification of plastic trash can help poor countries recycle the plastic and get fuel and energy….the technology exist delivering it where it needs to go and allowing for places that can’t afford it to take out loans to pay back might be a solution.

[@gimmins]

Just in case you are not aware, you are consuming plastic in every food you eat. Annually, you are eating about credit card size of plastic… sounds delicious, right?

[@LolLol-ui3jh]

what we doing too our world and our self 😭

[@rbe6963]

Glad I was born in 1971. Good luck future generations

[@zyxw2000]

Which means what?

[@philipleonardo798]

Plastic gets to the fish then we eat the fish with plastic too bad

[@dizzy4u]

Why not use a giant sieve on the water?

[@-cheshire-cat]

Because we're busy sending weapons to Ukraine.

[@isa3962]

Give us glass container then?

[@puravida5683]

Study after study to infinity. What is society, governments and manufacturers doing to solve the problem! I sail for pleasure, I am concerned that the ocean fish I catch to eat, is infused with plastics!

[@karenishness1]

Just like a missing child. Ask Ted Heath or

[@v.prestorpnrcrtlcrt2096]

Who needs plastic surgery when you can just eat fish.

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

What I would like to know is where is all this plastic coming from. Seriously they’re talking about massive quantities of plastic ending up in the oceans, so where is it coming from?

[@crossfader4617]

😞🥺😭

[@ranadeep7462]

19:15 20:40 21:13 21:23 27:20 30:12 38:20 41:00 45:57 47:23 47:30 40:35

[@Philip-bk2dm]

Well? We have known this for a long time. So why do you keep manufacturing the stuff? You don't need it.

[@zyxw2000]

It's not just grocery items. What about plastic in toys, vinyl siding, window frames, storage bins, parts of cars, fishing nets, fabrics like polyester and nylon, Teflon, plastic eyeglass lenses, Styrofoam, Plexiglas, PVC plumbing pipes...

[@Je-Lia]

We need to stop producing so damn much plastic, come up with bio-degradable versions, use other materials, and change our whole approach to "single-use" consumption.

[@pillbertdidit]

We need to just stop manufacturing plastic and use hemp.Hemp clothes,hemp oils, hemp eatables, you can use hemp for numerous ideas.