How Microplastics Slowly Make Their Way Inside Us

This may end up becoming the major long term health crisis of our time. Not just environmentally, but also in terms of our own bodies. The effects of microplastics are just beginning to be understood, but I’m glad to see you’re covering this topic ColdFusion.

I get tired of throwing away plastic consistently. It's unavoidable.

When I traveled to Philippines, I was shocked that they use plastic bags as containers for hot soups and drinks.

Recycling doesn't actually do anything. The only way is to stop buying plastic where it's possible

The reason Philippines has such high plastic ocean waste is because the U.S. and other countries pay to ship over their waste there which is then mostly just dumped into the ocean.

I've had a long time idea for eliminating plastics wherever possible (More than 2 decades ago). During the 80s I remember my dad taking glass beer bottles to the liquor store, glass pops to the supermarket. They were glass based, so highly reusable. My idea was, and this has to be implemented by the governments of each country, to create UNIVERSAL containers based on amount of liquid and solids according to needs. Companies would just stamp their logos/instructions/lettering on these bottles/vessels/cases/packages. These will be for example 100ml, 300ml, 1Liter, 3Liters 5 Liters, etc, whatever size is necessary made of glass or any other more permanent material. Instead of just garbage collecting we could have bottle collecting as well, people would then be credited for their bottle returns when they go to the supermarket . I'm sure people can come up with much better ideas than mine. This is the main idea (reusable containers) and I think it is totally doable. Something like this should have been implemented 30 years ago. I think it is already too late.

Unlike metals and glass, there’s no recycling plastics, only prolonging the inevitable.

I've worried about this quite a bit. I can't help wondering how much plastic ends up in our tissues, what effects it has/will have in the future. Ironically, one of the best possible solutions would also be disasterous to the modern world, and may arise on its own; plastic eating organisms.

People never realise that acrylic/uv gel nails and resin crafting are significant sources of micro plastics too.

As disturbing as this is, it’s fascinating to learn about. Thanks for shining a light on the issue!