The problem with plastic

Plastic is fast becoming an environmental catastrophe of massive proportions. Tons and tons of it every day dumped into and washing from some of the largest rivers in the world that end up in the ocean. Marine life suffers of that there can be no doubt but we suffer from it too by eating the fish that have ingested small particles of plastics. What can be done to curb the rate of this shocking problem ? For one thing I question the amount of plastic in the packaging of many of the goods and foods that we buy. Why does there have to be so much when there wasn't before ? It's absurd how much has to be cut away layers of it peeled back to actually unpack the item you've bought. Foam food trays covered with plastic wrap sometimes several layers of it. Then there are all the containers of food and drink that once came in glass bottles and the list goes on. We need to start using a lot less of it. Much of the time it's completely unnecessary anyway. Perhaps we as consumers have to start rejecting items with excessive plastic wrapping but ultimately governments of some countries need to address waste control at the very least. Manufacturers also need to be made to use less plastics in the goods they distribute and perhaps the oceans will look less like a tip.

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