The omnipresent plastic. What should we do about it?
No need to say that microplastics are now found everywhere - from the Mariana Trench to Everest. What should we do about it? On May 7, there will be a very important online forum "Global Crisis. We are People. We Want to Live", which will open our eyes to many unpleasant things of the 21st century. And most importantly, the solution on how to get out of the crisis will be voiced there.
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5/4/2022 4 min read
But first of all, it should be noted that no one has done anything like this before. Yes, there were some attempts before, but it is nothing in comparison with the scale of the changes taking place in the world today. It’s about simultaneous interpreting of the forum which is done by volunteers. And most importantly, the number of participating countries is over a hundred. This is a grandiose event worthy of the Guinness Book of Records!
As for plastic, the situation is as follows. Since its invention, which is more than 100 years ago, it continues to be stockpiled on the planet. In the consumer society, it is too profitable - there is not a single sphere of life where it is not used. But at the same time, plastic is also extremely harmful, because it does not decompose naturally, and industrial recycling is not economically profitable.
No need to say that microplastics are now found everywhere - from the Mariana Trench to Everest. What should we do about it? On May 7, 2022 there will be a very important online forum " Global Crisis. We are People. We Want to Live ", which will open our eyes to many unpleasant things of the 21st century. And most importantly, the solution on how to get out of the crisis will be voiced there.
Are you sure it will be enough for our generation?
Taking the slogan "Enough for this century!" corporations of the food industry continue to stamp something that ends up in a landfill very quickly. To appease the conscience of conscientious citizens a simple scheme was invented: the label "recycling" is put on plastic containers and at the same time there is advertising for separate waste collection. On the face of it, everything is plausible and everyone is happy, but at its core the situation is questionable.
The fact is that recycling is virtually non-existent on a global scale ( 9% of recycled plastic is a drop in the ocean ), and the same big truck usually comes for the containers of separate waste collection and takes everything to the general household waste landfill. These are the realities of the consumerist format of society - today, the label "recycled" means "we’ll take it to third world countries" . People don't think about what happens to garbage next, but they should. Because it comes back to people due to the water cycle in nature.
How does it happen?
The fact is that plastic ends up in the open ocean sooner or later. Fish and birds take in microplastic particles as food. Then sea and river products end up on people's tables. The circle closes. There are studies that microplastic particles are even found in human blood, which is nonsense . It's time to do something, we can't stay in garbage from head to toe forever.