The Plastic 'Nurdle' Cycle
It's a cycle.
We take our resources, produce the item, sell it, use it, bin it. Make profit and repeat.
The natural substances become unnatural synthetics, masses of them making it difficult for ecosystems to cope. Positive feedback? Profit and money-loving citizens pushing our planet further from it's harmonic balance. A tragic story we so desperately wish to hide ourselves from.
The Great Winter Nurdle Hunt survey was carried out by 600 volunteers this February. From this, the survey has found that 53 billion 'nurdles' (tiny pellets used in plastic production) are estimated to escape into the UK environment each year. The UK - a developed country in our westernised society. Is it not our responsibility to prevent this pollution so as to avoid hypocrisy when advising others not to destroy the environment?
Instead of washing them down the sink, we must find a way of capturing them before they leak into the sea. Perhaps banning them completely.
Through the course of time, no doubt a resolution will be found but surely, this needs an urgent resolution.
We, myself included, must now address the actions we take and push for a safer, fairer world. Accept that we have gone wrong and that we're all a part of a number of awful cases in our past. But then, notice that despite the lack of media publicity and awareness, there are wonderful things we are capable of.
Embrace that and fight for a more just world.
Sell it, use it, recycle it.
Sell it, use it, save it.
Sell it, use it, succeed at it.
H _ M
:)
Bibliography:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39001011?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter
We take our resources, produce the item, sell it, use it, bin it. Make profit and repeat.
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| Plastic beads found in the sand Photo via Twitter: https://twitter.com/BellesFitz/stat us/828882881942605824/photo/1 |
The Great Winter Nurdle Hunt survey was carried out by 600 volunteers this February. From this, the survey has found that 53 billion 'nurdles' (tiny pellets used in plastic production) are estimated to escape into the UK environment each year. The UK - a developed country in our westernised society. Is it not our responsibility to prevent this pollution so as to avoid hypocrisy when advising others not to destroy the environment?
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Instead of washing them down the sink, we must find a way of capturing them before they leak into the sea. Perhaps banning them completely.
Through the course of time, no doubt a resolution will be found but surely, this needs an urgent resolution.
We, myself included, must now address the actions we take and push for a safer, fairer world. Accept that we have gone wrong and that we're all a part of a number of awful cases in our past. But then, notice that despite the lack of media publicity and awareness, there are wonderful things we are capable of.
Embrace that and fight for a more just world.
Sell it, use it, recycle it.
Sell it, use it, save it.
Sell it, use it, succeed at it.
H _ M
:)
Bibliography:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39001011?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter
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