With the amount of plastic entering our marine environment increasing every day we are facing a serious problem now and a full-blown survival crisis in the future.
A solution starts by taking small steps to reduce our personal impact. And by investing in cleaner (verb) technology, such as Boyan Slat’s Ocean Cleanup Project. Imagine if just a fraction of every large government’s weaponry budget was committed to filtering toxic materials from our marine environment? They have the means and the technology. They have engineers who could refine and leverage Boyan’s ideas.
If plastic was clogging up our air, causing chickens and cows to die we’d probably take action. I hope we don’t leave this too late.