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The nurdles' quest for ocean domination - Kim Preshoff

The nurdles' quest for ocean domination - Kim Preshoff

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Nurdles are the tiny, factory-made pellets that form the raw material for every plastic product that we use, from toys to toothbrushes. And while they look pretty harmless on land, they can really wreak havoc on our oceans. Kim Preshoff details the nurdles' quest for ocean domination, shedding light on the particular features that allow these pervasive polluters to persist for entire generations. Lesson by Kim Preshoff
Date: 2020-08-22

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Who invented plastic? Scientists! Science is killing us all with it's short term success and long term failure! It never does try to do good (by default. It mostly only accidentally discovers something new and searches for where the new discovery can benefit the corporates and the rich who are just 1% or less of the population. Take for example smartphones, how mad are we (the people, the remaining 99%) to ask for new versions of phones dumping old ones. When the buying stops the production too. Enough of this race. Start to embrace. Give the planet breathing time. This planet is not going to destroy any time near. Stop polluting space with satellites. Stop polluting the space will all kinds of radiation and pollution. Stop polluting the water, the land, the people. Solve the basic problems. Stop running on the fallen child. Mother earth knows how to throw us out of her equation.
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This is so depressing. I don't need or want plastic beads in my toothpaste. or in my exfoliator. I've seen poliethylene on my scrub from an 'organic' producer before and wondered what it's about. I wonder how many products don't even mention this in their ingredients. Plastic really needs to be reduced to a minimum and I feel so helpless about the whole business. I don't WANT or NEED a shampoo bottle that lasts for hundreds of years in the environment, and yet I don't have an alternative and the majority of the world doesn't. How do we go about this?
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Ive heard that scientists are beginning to find bacteria that can break down nurdles. Just like bacteria had to adapt to be able to break down wood, I think theyre doing this with plastics.
Obviously, eliminating plastics will help TREMENDOUSLY. But bacteria are also doing their evolution to help!

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If you want to see more on the garbage patch and the drifting plastics I suggest you watch plastic island on Netflix right now. I saw it earlier today, very interesting yet sad to see the many animals being affected by such small items.
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This world will soon be destroyed, but I believe it will be restored soon after by technology. The sky is darkest just before the dawn and I belive this holds true for the earth.
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The north pacific gyre is exaggerated. Its not a continuous island of garbage, its just an area with a high concentration, but its not one big object.
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Can't we just clean up the patches? I mean, think of all that plastic just gathering in one place, some of which is recyclable!
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They started a war, and they are gonna win it. Humans better adapt to buying fish filled with micro plastics inside of it.
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Plastic takes at least 10, 000 years to break down and at most, 5, 000, 000 years and the micro plastics never break down.
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