Plastic pollution arguably poses as much of a threat to humanity's survival as climate change. It enters our food and water, and therefore our bodies, and has been linked to diseases from infertility to cancer. Plastic pollution is also clogging up our ocean, with giant piles and random junk alike destroying the lives of millions of sea turtles, seabirds and marine mammals. The plastic pollution problem is so insidious that so-called microplastic particles have even made their way into our blood. Needless to say, experts agree that the problem is extremely serious and needs to be solved.
"This can be achieved by accelerating three key shifts – reuse, recycle, and reorient and diversify – and actions to deal with the legacy of plastic pollution."
