Peter Dykstra: The 800-lb (cheap, plastic) gorilla in our oceans

An estimated 150 million metric tons of plastic now swirl in our waterways:

• abandoned, miles-long driftnets that ensnare fish and seabirds;
• drink bottles and soccer balls washed down storm sewers into rivers and lakes (see this news clip of runoff plastic in Lake Jackson, downstream from a half-million or so metro Atlanta homes);
• single-use bags, straws, cups and cigarette filters by the billions;
• long-lasting microbeads of plastic built into soaps and detergents;
• and partly decomposed plastic bits that cloud the water and clog the bellies of fish, birds and marine mammals – a veritable "smog of the sea.https://www.dailyclimate.org/the-800-lb-cheap-plastic-gorilla-in-our-oceans-2633297139.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2"   Article courtesy of The Daily Climate by Douglas Fischer