Part 1: What If Plastic Was Never Invented?
Geography Is Everything
The Plastic Waves in the Oceans, Right?
As early as the 1960s, people are starting to observe plastic waves in the oceans. And that this is so contemporary environmental movement in the U.S., at least really has its nasons in the 60s and 70s. Rachel Carson Silent Spring was published in 1962,. which brings attention to things like the dangers of chemical pesticides. The world wildlife fund would show a bird or some animal that's got its head stuck in one of these six pack containers. That became kind of the poster product for what's wrong with plants.
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