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rexiThink of this tiny culprit, billions of times over.In all of their myriad variations; we’ve all thrown them away.The function of AC plug protector served by this PE piece could easily have been served by cardboard, bamboo, or any number of lightweight, but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/carbonfriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbonfriendly</a> alternatives.They don’t even think of it, because the price of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilplastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossilplastics</a> is so incredibly out of whack when its final disposal cost is ignored.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plasticpackaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plasticpackaging</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plasticpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plasticpollution</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlasticRain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlasticRain</a> Is the New <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcidRain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcidRain</a>Plastic rain could prove to be a more insidious problem than acid rain.by Matt Simon June 12, 2020"Hoof it through the national parks of the western United States—Joshua Tree, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrandCanyon</a>, Bryce Canyon—and breathe deep the pristine air. These are unspoiled lands, collectively a great American conservation story. Yet an invisible menace is actually blowing through the air and falling via raindrops: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microplastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microplastic</a> particles, tiny chunks (by definition, less than 5 millimeters long) of fragmented plastic bottles and microfibers that fray from clothes, all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollutants</a> that get caught up in Earth’s atmospheric systems and deposited in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wilderness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wilderness</a>."Writing in the journal Science, researchers report a startling discovery: After collecting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rainwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rainwater</a> and air samples for 14 months, they calculated that over 1,000 metric tons of microplastic particles fall into 11 protected areas in the western US each year. That’s the equivalent of over 120 million plastic water bottles. "'We just did that for the area of protected areas in the West, which is only 6 percent of the total US area,' says lead author Janice Brahney, an environmental scientist at Utah State University. 'The number was just so large, it's shocking.'"It further confirms an increasingly hellish scenario: Microplastics are blowing all over the world, landing in supposedly pure habitats, like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arctic</a> and the remote <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FrenchPyrenees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FrenchPyrenees</a>. They’re flowing into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oceans</a> via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wastewater</a> and tainting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deepsea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deepsea</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a>, and they’re even ejecting out of the water and blowing onto land in sea breezes. And now in the American West, and presumably across the rest of the world given that these are fundamental atmospheric processes, they are falling in the form of plastic rain—the new acid rain."Plastic rain could prove to be a more insidious problem than acid rain, which is a consequence of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SulfurDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SulfurDioxide</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NitrogenOxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NitrogenOxide</a> emissions. By deploying <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scrubbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scrubbers</a> in power plants to control the former, and catalytic converters in cars to control the latter, the US and other countries have over the last several decades cut down on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#acidification</a> problem. But microplastic has already corrupted even the most <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RemoteEnvironments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RemoteEnvironments</a>, and there’s no way to scrub water or land or air of the particles—the stuff is absolutely everywhere, and it’s not like there’s a plastic magnet we can drag through the oceans. What makes plastic so useful—its hardiness—is what also makes it an alarming pollutant: Plastic never really goes away, instead breaking into ever smaller bits that infiltrate ever smaller corners of the planet. Even worse, plastic waste is expected to skyrocket from 260 million tons a year to 460 million tons by 2030, according to the consultancy McKinsey. More people joining the middle class in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EconomicallyDeveloping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicallyDeveloping</a> countries means more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/consumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#consumerism</a> and more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlasticPackaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlasticPackaging</a>. "Read more: <a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/plastic-rain-is-the-new-acid-rain?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://getpocket.com/explore/item/plastic-rain-is-the-new-acid-rain?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crapitalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BanPlastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BanPlastics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OceansAreLife</a>

anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Tell <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Costco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Costco</a>: Ditch <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PlasticPackaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlasticPackaging</a> to protect the environment.Thank you for all you do,The Environmental Action team4/4<a href="https://mas.to/tags/EnvironmentalAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalAction</a> <a href="https://environmental-action.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=55512&tag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://environmental-action.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=55512&tag</a>

Skip Lacaze<a href="https://mstdn.social/@Urban_Hermit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Urban_Hermit</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@primonatura" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@primonatura</a> I’m 70+—we had no <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PlasticPackaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlasticPackaging</a> in the 50s and no <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AluminumCans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AluminumCans</a> until Coors started shipping them all over the West in the 60s. Everything wet came in glass, wax cartons, or <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SteelCans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SteelCans</a>. Dry food was in paper, paperboard, or <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WaxedPaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaxedPaper</a>. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Glass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Glass</a> is the best package for beverages and most canned foods, especially <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DepositBottles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DepositBottles</a> that go back to local bottlers to be washed and reused. Waxed paper worked well, even for potato chips. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BottleBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BottleBill</a>

Jonathan Wright<a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@gpollara" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gpollara</a> I guess it comes down to cost, but personally I would ask "If they can do it now, what have they been waiting for all these years?"Why does it take a law banning the use of single-use plastic packaging before retailers or manufacturers will do anything major towards reducing <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a>?<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SayNoToPlastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SayNoToPlastic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SingleUsePlastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SingleUsePlastic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PlasticPackaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlasticPackaging</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/972331/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/972331/</a> France to ban plastic packaging for fresh produce in new year • FRANCE 24 English <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agriculture</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CarbonEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonEmissions</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#france</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FRANCE24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FRANCE24</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FRANCE24English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FRANCE24English</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FranceNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FranceNews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/france24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#france24</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FRANCE24English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FRANCE24English</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FrenchNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FrenchNews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FruitsAndVegetables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FruitsAndVegetables</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewsFrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewsFrance</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PlasticPackaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlasticPackaging</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/produce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#produce</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SingleUsePlastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SingleUsePlastic</a>

EuractivPlastic pollution: Treaty talks get into the nitty-gritty <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/circular-economy/news/plastic-pollution-treaty-talks-get-into-the-nitty-gritty/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.euractiv.com/section/circular-economy/news/plastic-pollution-treaty-talks-get-into-the-nitty-gritty/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plasticpackaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plasticpackaging</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plasticpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plasticpollution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Plasticrecycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plasticrecycling</a>

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