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Mike Wehner
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Humans have irreversibly altered Earth in many ways, but one of our longest-lasting legacies will always be our invention of plastics. Plastics are cheap, durable, and easy to produce. They're both a blessing and a curse, and plastic waste has piled up in every corner of the globe. Because most of our planet is covered with water, a huge portion of our plastic waste ends up in Earth's oceans, but you might not realize it by taking a weekend fishing trip. A new report from Vox, inspired by a New Yorker article titled Where Does All The Plastic Go?, offers some insights into the life of plastics after we deem them no longer useful.
You've probably heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is a massive area in the Pacific Ocean where plastic waste in all shapes and sizes tends to congregate. What you might not realize is that this most famous garbage patch is just one of many and that the plastic that accumulates in these patches is just a tiny fraction of the plastic waste that is in our world's largest bodies of water.
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We’re ruining Earth’s oceans one piece of plastic at a time originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 28 Apr 2021 at 18:01:47 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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