Sometimes I find my mind wandering over various eclectic topics and occasionally I am inspired to write some of them down. Today I was thinking about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
If you’re not familiar with this, it’s an area in the Pacific Ocean which, due to currents, has become a resting place for 1.8 trillion bits of plastic waste. This ‘island’ (as it has become) is now TWICE THE SIZE OF FRANCE! I don’t know about you but frankly I find this disgusting.
I am not saying I’m a saint with regard to disposing of plastic products but I have been galvanised into finding ways to help simply because, in this instance, ignorance is not bliss and doing nothing should not be an option.
In an effort to facilitate this, and for those also interested in taking action, I have gathered a selection of websites below which advocate, advise and support various ways to work towards combating the plastic waste problem.
First there are ways of decreasing waste generally:
Then, if the plastic products haven’t been avoided, there are many interesting and inventive ways to reuse then rather than refuse them:
And there are also companies who have come up with waste resolving solutions which you can support:
- https://www.fastcompany.com/40486883/these-diy-machines-let-anyone-recycle-plastic-into-new-products
WASTE NOT!
If you’d like more information about the patch itself, Wikipedia is a good start https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch
