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Understanding plastic pollution
In the US, every day we use
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1 billion plastic bags,
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60 million plastic bottles,
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and between 170 and 390 million plastic straws
Under 9% of plastic trash is recycled, and a good portion of this plastic ends up in the oceans
This creates gyres where currents meet (there are 5 gyres in our oceans, the size of small continents)
Plastic remains there for hundreds of years, turning to toxic microplastic particles, killing marine life and contaminating our seafood dishes and water
At this rate, there will be more plastic
than fish in the oceans by 2050

We decided to take action because there are easy ways to improve the situation:
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recycling better
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and reducing single use items (50% of plastic use today)
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