According to a study by ocean conservative in 2015, plastic bags came in second to discarded cigarette butts as the most-identified type of refuse aka TRASH. Items like plastic packaging, bags and bottles are thrown away every day, and end up in trash sites as well as in forests, creeks, rivers, seas, and oceans around the world. While some of these items are recycled, the growth of plastic consumption and its improper disposal currently outpace efforts to recycle and produce post-consumer plastic materials. Plastic is not biodegradable, but photodegradable. And in reality, most plastic does not ever disappear, but becomes long-lasting “plastic dust”. When items like plastic bags break down, they readily soak up toxins that then contaminate soil and water, as well as harming animals that ingest plastic fragments. There are so many ways to help reduce the impact of plastic on the environment. By reducing our use with reusable bags at grocery stores, or using mugs or travel tumblers for our next to-go cup of coffee, we can greatly reduce our every day use of disposed plastic products. We can also take it to the next level, by engaging with our communities to clean up our local environment, as well as pressuring local governments to ban or tax the use of plastic bags.
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