On this #WorldOceanDay, there is so much to reflect on—from the damage caused by deep-sea trawlers on the ocean floor, to the fragile life within the waters, to the plastics and microplastics choking the surface, to the Madleen flotilla sailing the ocean with humanitarian aid toward Gaza..
Thank you for walking with me through the release of Fingerprints In The Water, and for letting this video be part of your day.
Disturbing photos of #plasticPollution of #oceans. Although this gallery may not be wholly representative it's shocking nonetheless. In contrast to climate change we immediately see that something is wrong and who is responsible. https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/06/world-oceans-day-plastic-pollution-photos/683056/?utm_source=feed
Whilst many human adults have heard about #ClimateChange, #AirPollution or #PlasticPollution, their general knowledge & interest about these subjects is woefully inadequate. The two dominant underlying psychological \ cultural \ monetary reasons why many humans have apathy towards the environment;
1. People don't like to face difficult \ concerning problems related to their own behaviours (I.e., if they're part of the problem)
2. Cultures in which profit (£,$) is valued before ethics
It's #WorldEnvironmentDay! 
In today's blog post, we spotlight a comprehensive library of #OpenAccess research on #PlasticPollution, its effects on planetary and human well-being, as well as sustainable solutions and future perspectives.
Learn more about #WorldEnvironmentDay2025: 
https://blog.scienceopen.com/2025/06/world-environment-day-2025/
@newsmast Recycling is a good idea, but only a small part of the solution to #beatplasticpollution: Less than 10% of all plastics have been recycled since 1950. So we need to tackle #plasticpollution across all stages, from the extraction of raw fossils to the production of products to the pollution during their use phase (abrasion and shedding produce #microplastics, and #chemicals can leach out), before it becomes waste, as well.
I always feel a mixture of sadness and anger when I see the debris that has washed up from the harbour after a storm. So much visible plastic, let alone the unseen microplastics 
when life crushes you but you refuse to give up your joy and wonderment.
It sort of bewilders me that companies are releasing products based on these materials without having asked and answered basic questions - certainly issues identified with conventional plastics offered at least a partial roadmap of specific things to consider (nano/microparticle, environmental fate in various environments, impact of metabolites, behavior in digestive systems, etc.) And I see too many products preying on consumers, capitalizing on confusion of "biodegradable" vs "compostable" - in fact, I fear many making the consumer products from these materials don't fully understand the issues.
#plasticpollution #MisleadingClaims #RegulatoryFailure - All courtesy of the lobbyists paid by #BigPlastic - which includes consumer products companies like Pepsi and Coke and Nestle and Danone and all those other companies helping you ingest plastics.
I just signed a #petition calling on the #UN to ban #fossilfuel lobbyists from the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Co's like #Shell make billions turning oil & gas into plastic! They protect their profits & block action on #plasticpollution!
https://act.gp/3YxOUXa
#BoycottShell #BoycottBP
#StopFossilFuels #FossilFuelsOutNow #JustStopOil #StopPlasticPollution #Environment #ClimateEmergency #ClimateEmergencyIsNow #ClimateCrisis @greenpeace @GreenpeaceEU @gretathunberg
Plastics industry pushed ‘advanced recycling’ despite knowing problems – report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/06/plastic-advanced-recycling-report
Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250429103143.htm
Call out to Zero waste supporters here.
Plateshare.ca
It's a project I started around COVID. I have several hosts mostly in Toronto. Lots of my neighbours had put out plastic plates and I collected them for a "birthday party" set that I lend out. Now we just formalized it.
I have two sets of plates in desperate need of hosts before they get tossed. If you are willing/able to be a host, please DM me.
If you aren't in Toronto and have a set of plates to lend, we can add you to our system too.
We can totally expand this system.
https://plateshare.ca/
Edit to add: You don't have to do much. Put the plates out on the porch (or anywhere really), they go out, they come back clean. Put it back where it likes to live.
Published ! Our article explores strategic solutions to combat water pollution caused by plastics. With global plastic production at 330B tons/year, we need urgent action via bioplastics, biodegradation & policy reform. 
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52395-4_3
“Transitioning to clean energy, reducing plastic waste, & increasing resilience to extreme weather are among the most fiscally responsible actions governments can take. This Earth Day, we must recognize that efficiency isn’t just about cutting—it’s about investing in solutions that protect people and our infrastructure.”
#EarthDay2025 #ClimateCrisis #ClimateActionNow #PlasticPollution #PublicHealth #Resilience #Infrastructure #CleanEnergy #RenewableEnergySystems
https://progressive.org/op-eds/tackling-climate-change-must-be-job-number-one-bass-20250419/
#FYI #HerbSimmens #ClimateEmergencyForum #PaulBeckwith #PeterCarter #plastic #plastics #plasticpollution
Just so you know.
Microplastics inhibit photosynthesis.
@ChrisMayLA6 Back in 2010 I was fortunate to find myself in Ladakh, in northern India, in the Dumra valley – the valley of flowers, in Tibetan. In the village of Thirit there was a little boy, who accepted a present from a tourist: a sweet. Took it, unwrapped it, and discretely dropped the plastic wrapping paper on the floor. Against the backdrop of sand, soil, and plants, the shiny wrap stood out like a sore. The tourist picked it up and, pointing to the nearest bin by a door, illustrated what one is supposed to do with it.
What the tourist didn't understand is that the boy lived in a world were sweets were not wrapped in a material that can't decompose. Like my own grandma, back in inland Catalonia, who had no concept of trash: the refuse either went to animal feed, or to the compost pile, or to lit the wood stove. And it is this world that we seemed to have forgotten that actually has a future, because it is one were sustainability is baked in. One in which there is no need in the first place for unnecessary plastics.
Ladakh had just emerged from a communal effort to clean up the land from the many plastic bottles that littered the landscape. The arrival of bottled water with their short-term convenience combined with unmatched expectations of what happens to the containers when abandoned – like the caramel wrap – led to a saturation of every canal and trail with empty bottles. Thankfully collective action addressed the issue – but largely banning such ill-thought out single-use containers. The rest of the world ought to follow suit: most of these plastics in the image are bottles.
Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-gum-plastic-pollution-litter-problem.html
> Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar to the plastic material used in car tires.
>If the idea of chewing plastic isn't disturbing enough, consider what happens after you spit it out. Most people have experienced discarded gum under bench seats, school desks and on street pavements. But, like other plastics, synthetic chewing gum does not biodegrade and can persist in the environment for many years.
>In the environment it will harden, crack and breakdown into microplastics but this can take decades
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Well, I didn't realise, you might not either.
High time we all start caring about the world we live in. About the choices we make.
"Previous research has found that fewer than 60 multinationals are responsible for more than half of the world’s plastic pollution, with six responsible for a quarter of that."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/12/plastic-pollution-leaves-seabirds-chicks-with-brain-damage-similar-to-alzheimers-study-aoe
Time to boicot:
"Study confirms Altria, Philip Morris International, Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are worst offenders"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/24/survey-finds-that-60-firms-are-responsible-for-half-of-worlds-plastic-pollution
It's our very livelihood at stake.
#PlasticPollution #EcosystemCollapse #NoPlanetB
If only lemons came in some kind of natually protective skin.
(This is why I hate supermarkets)
