Plastics break down over time, becoming microplastics, permeating throughout our environment, impossible to see but permeating throughout our environment, impossible to catch and dangerous to the ecosystems, our economies (tourism, fisheries, etc.), and our health.
As we have seen with climate change, fixing the problem costs far more than preventing it in the first place. And this is just the very beginning.
Let’s take the example of a plastic bag (probably only used for a few minutes) that becomes unmanaged waste.
The real cost is the additional damages to the local ecosystems, which then spreads further afield to the pollution of air, water and soil, contributing to climate change in terms of:
Plastics break down over time, becoming microplastics, permeating throughout our environment, impossible to see but permeating throughout our environment, impossible to catch and dangerous to the ecosystems, our economies (tourism, fisheries, etc.) and our health.
As we have seen with climate change, fixing the problem costs far more than preventing it in the first place. And this is just the very beginning.
Let’s take the example of a plastic bag (probably only used for a few minutes) that becomes unmanaged waste.