The Plastic Problem

Single-use plastics are made primarily from fossil fuel based chemicals, making them not only polluters of our natural spaces and eye-sores, but also a contributor to climate change.

Plastic does not decompose, it breaks up into smaller pieces called microplastics. These microplastics are practically everywhere on Earth and pose a deadly problem for wildlife. If too much microplastic accumulates in an animal it can cause punctured organs or intestinal blockages. 

There is a massive floating mass of plastic in the Pacific Ocean twice the size of Texas that is growing quickly. 

Plastic pollution affects the most vulnerable communities first. Developed countries, such as the United States, are able to send their plastic to developing countries to be processed. Eventually, the amount of plastic can become so overwhelming that these communities run out of ways to dispose of it and become covered in plastic trash.