It’s easy to absolve ourselves of responsibility as individuals for the world wide problem of
plastic waste. But let me ask you this, what do you use every day that has plastic in it? A lot
more than you would think at first. The average person produces half a pound of plastic waste
every single day. Our current rate of plastic waste ending up in the ocean is at 8 million tons
annually and is predicted to increase to 29 million tons by 2040. We would be more than tripling
our plastic waste in the ocean in less than 30 years! With current practices, the weight of plastic
in the ocean will be more than the weight of fish by 2050. Environmental Scientist Rolf Halden,
has spent his career researching this issue. He stated he believes we are doomed with
unchanged behavior. So, what will we do to change our fate?
written by Savannah Johnson
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