Plastic... well first I guess it's made from oil and coal and stuff. Strangely, apart from perpetuating global environmental crime and propping up mad-dog capitalist economies (no names!), I don't mind this. In 200 years or so when we've finished robbing all the fossil fuels and there's none left, people are going to realise how useful it all was, and they're going to look back at us and be gobsmacked that we used to burn the stuff. At least with plastic, something is being made, rather than burnt. Of course, the oil might be spilt on the beach (bad), but if we're lucky, it is made into plastic pellets.
Mostly, these are thrown in the sea. Well, not mostly. But a lot find themselves overboard one way or the other, where they may float, and of course hang around FOREVER! Birds eat them. It fills their stomachs and they starve.
But if we're lucky, plastic pellets reach their destination, where they are turned into... well... the stuff that fills my house. I guess some of it goes to good use and benefits humanity. The rest of it is wasted on stuff like Barbie.
And then... if we;'re lucky.... it's recycled. I would love to see Barbies melting. But most of it goes to landfill... or back in the sea! Plastic bags look like jellyfish. Turtles eat them and die. This lot was pulled out of a dead Minke Whale's stomach. (copyright - sorry I don't know where this came from).
Is that a 'Boots' bag?
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