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From the Vault: Sea Turtles with Christine Figgener

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Effect of Plastics on Sea Turtles

We produce 405 hundred million metric tons of plastic each year. About 40 to 50 % are produced only for single use. Most developing as most developed countries are actually sending their plastic trash to developing countries. And i think the other problem is its lyk convenience. I am in the pendemic now. You know, just the amount of take out that has been probably a e perpetuated because everybody's at home and wants to stort eat er something from a restaurant. But do we need to use plastic for like drinking cups? If you're getting all your silver werders cutlery then why do you have to get plastier ones too? Ae so usually doesn't get

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