Bottle caps, pen lids, twist ties, that little piece that snapped off your kid’s toy the other day. Individually these items and others like them may seem small and harmless, and individually, for the most part, they are. Sadly if they are not disposed of properly and recycled these small pieces of plastic will become lethal for sea birds and other forms of marine life.
A study of albatross chicks on Midway Atoll, a tiny island in the center of the pacific ocean, found that forty percent died before fledging: their stomachs packed with plastic debris that their parents had mistaken for food. If this is happening thousands of kilometers from any major population centers, imagine what the waters off the coasts of our cities must look like.
Please reduce the use of disposable plastic products and recycle what you can to divert all these little, lethal pieces of plastic from our landfills and oceans. If you need a little inspiration scroll down!
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