The horror of plastic

The catastrophe of plastic is obvious in our oceans floating like islands in the sea where creatures eat it and die. The same is happening on land to elephants who can't differentiate between plastic and appropriate food. They have been found dead with huge quantities of plastic in their stomachs in Asian countries that have not disposed of their waste in a proper way. China has the most appalling levels of waste followed by Indonesia and then other countries where Asian elephants live. Sadly rubbish being dumped in huge quantities is being scavenged by elephants looking for food so many of them are dying with plastic in their systems unable to digest this toxic substance. Our world is literally being destroyed by the use of plastic and so much of it seems utterly unnecessary. Those asian countries that head the list of waste need to take decisive action and responsibility for the waste they shed on the world and now.